Sea turtle crisis: Moisture, not just heat impacts sex of sea turtle hatchlings
Male sea turtles are disappearing and not just in Australia. Researchers found that 97 to 100 percent of hatchlings in southeast Florida have been...
Bio-renewable process could help ‘green’ plastic
Plastics are often derived from petroleum, contributing to reliance on fossil fuels and driving harmful greenhouse gas emissions. To change that, scientists are trying...
Radioactivity from oil and gas wastewater persists in Pennsylvania stream sediments
More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new study finds...
City lights setting traps for migrating birds
A new study has examined how light pollution lures birds into urban areas during fall migration, a trend that poses risk for the fowl...
Climate change linked to more flowery forests
New research has revealed a surprising relationship between surging atmospheric carbon dioxide and flower blooms in a remote tropical forest.
A survival lesson from bats: Eating variety keeps species multiplying
A new study reveals that omnivorous New World noctilionoid bats, those species with diets including both plant and animal materials, produce more new species...
Animal carnivores could be our powerful allies
Animal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate -- but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies....
Temporary ‘bathtub drains’ in the ocean concentrate flotsam
An experiment using hundreds of plastic drifters in the Gulf of Mexico shows that rather than simply spread out, as current calculations would predict,...
Long-term warming trend continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980...
20 percent more trees in megacities would mean cleaner air and water, lower carbon...
Planting 20 percent more trees in our megacities would double the benefits of urban forests, like pollution reduction, carbon sequestration and energy reduction. The...
Latest news
Popular Articles
Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
Link to full source:...
Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
Link to full source: Do you see a devil...
Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
Link to full source: Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
Link to full source:...
10 magical places saved by endangered species
In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well.
Link to full source: 10 magical places saved...