North-exposed ice cliffs accelerate glacier melt
Researchers have confirmed the suspicion that north-facing ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayas accelerate ice melt.
Extensive seagrass meadows discovered in Indian Ocean through satellite tracking of green turtles
Biologists have discovered for the first time extensive deep-water seagrass meadows in the middle of the vast Indian Ocean through satellite tracking the movement...
New gadgets help reveal the collective behavior of wild animals
Biologists describe how novel technologies are transforming our understanding of why wild animals form different groups.
Greener way of making plastics
A new catalyst allows for the conversion of the green house gas carbon dioxide to an industrial precursor for many plastics as an alternative...
New understanding of 17th century Scottish natural history
A new examination of a pre-industrial Scottish natural history book gives a new understanding of post-industrial environmental change in the country.
100th meridian: East-west divide between moist and arid parts of U.S. may be shifting
Nearly a century and a half after explorer John Wesley Powell zeroed in on the 100th meridian west as the dividing line between the...
Baby fish led astray by high CO2 in oceans
Baby fish will find it harder to reach secure shelters in future acidified oceans -- putting fish populations at risk, new research has concluded.
Faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need
Researchers have good news for growers. Farmers raising a nitrogen-hungry crop like sweet corn may save up to half of their nitrogen fertilizer cost....
Hotter, longer, more frequent — marine heatwaves on the rise
We know heatwaves over land have been increasing, but now new research reveals globally marine heatwaves have also been increasing in length, number and...
Center of world’s marine biodiversity is in danger
Researchers have found that the world's center of biodiversity is under widespread threat of losing a key marine resource.
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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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