Zoo air contains enough DNA to identify the animals inside
The air in a zoo is full of smells, from the fish used for feed to the manure from the grazing herbivores, but now...
Unexpected hope for millions as bleached coral reefs continue to supply nutritious seafood
Coral reef ecosystems support diverse small-scale fisheries -- and the fish they catch are rich in micronutrients vital to the health of millions of...
Air pollution from wildfires, rising heat affected 68% of US West in one day
Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, worsening air pollution across the western United States, a study...
Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias
The fossil record, which documents the history of life on Earth, is heavily biased by influences such as colonialism, history and global economics, palaeontologists...
Nearly 2 million children worldwide develop asthma as a result of breathing in traffic-...
Nearly 2 million new cases of pediatric asthma every year may be caused by a traffic-related air pollutant, a problem particularly important in big...
Breakthrough in separating plastic waste: Machines can now distinguish 12 different types of plastic
We can now tell the difference between a wide range of plastic types and thereby separate plastics according to their chemical composition. This is...
New research questions ‘whiff of oxygen’ in Earth’s early history
A reexamination of Earth's famous 'whiff of oxygen' has the potential to rewrite early accounts of the planet's history by finding that atmospheric oxygen...
Dairy farmers can adapt to climate change
Dairy farmers in the Northeast -- facing a warming climate that exacerbates nutrient pollution but lengthens the growing season -- can reduce the environmental...
Toward a more inclusive definition of green infrastructure
A new nationwide analysis of 122 plans from 20 US cities found that many plans fail to explicitly define green infrastructure. When they do,...
New research shows gene exchange between viruses and hosts drives evolution
The first comprehensive analysis of viral horizontal gene transfer (HGT) illustrates the extent to which viruses pick up genes from their hosts to hone...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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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.
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