Staying clean keeps seafish smart
"Vet" service provided by smaller fish is key to keeping coral reefs healthy, a new study finds.
Estuaries face higher nutrient loads in the future — particularly on the Atlantic coast
A new study finds the Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf Coast of the United States are likely to see significant increases in nutrient loading...
Flower power: The role of ants in forest regeneration
Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new article.
Pink + pink = gold: hybrid hummingbird’s feathers don’t match its parents
Scientists thought a gold-throated hummingbird was a new species. DNA revealed that it's a hybrid of two different species, each with pink throats. The...
How patterns emerge in salt deserts
The honeycomb patterns which are often found in salt deserts in Death Valley, US, and Chile, among other places, look like something from another...
Seabirds in the eye of the storm
Hurricanes are becoming more intense due to the climate crisis. Therefore, researchers have studied the wind speeds that different seabird species can withstand. The...
America on the move: How urban travel has changed over a decade
The most notable trend of new study on urban travel behaviors reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in...
Hubble captures movie of DART asteroid impact debris
In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to see if they could change an asteroid's velocity by smacking it with a ballistic probe...
Study forecasts tile drainage and crop rotation changes for nitrogen loss
Midwestern agriculture contributes the vast majority of nitrogen in the Gulf of Mexico, causing an oxygen-starved hypoxic zone and challenging coastal economies. State and...
New NASA DART data prove viability of asteroid deflection as planetary defense strategy
Astronomers offer new insight into how deflection missions can protect the planet from future Earth-bound asteroids and comets.