Climate disasters, traumatic events have long-term impacts on youths’ academics
Experiencing traumatic events such as natural disasters may have long-term consequences for the academic progress and future food security of youth -- a problem...
Getting adults on board with messy nature play
Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood....
Early birds of the future: earlier, but still too late?
Birds need to adapt to climate change, but evolution is a slow process. Model species such as the great tit are an indispensable yardstick...
Label date, not phrasing, drives consumer decisions to toss food
Up to half of consumers may decide to pour perfectly good milk down the drain based solely on their glance at the date label...
Scientists discover clues to aging and healing from a squishy sea creature
Insights into healing and aging by those who studied how a tiny sea creature regenerates an entire new body from only its mouth. The...
Significant decline of snow cover in the Northern hemisphere over the last half century
A new study that uses rigorous mathematical models and statistical methods and finds declining snow cover in many parts of the northern hemisphere over...
Virus-like transposons wage war on the species barrier
Scientists have known for decades that genes can be transferred from one species to another, both in animals and plants. However, the mechanism of...
Expanding large-scale agriculture is escalating flooding in the largest South American breadbasket
Driven by soaring international demand, extensive areas of grasslands, and forests across South American plains have rapidly been converted to the production of annual...
How the cat nose knows what it’s smelling
Scientists have found the secret to felines' finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex collection of tightly coiled bony airway structures...
A new species of mosquitoes found in Finland — official count of species now...
The mosquito species Culex modestus has been found in Finland for the first time. In Southern Europe it is known to spread West Nile...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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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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