Conservationists find high DDT and PCB contamination risk for critically endangered California coastal condors
A new study has found contaminants, banned decades ago, are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. The condors may be at increased risk for...
High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires
Once humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, cooking, to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially...
New material can ‘capture toxic pollutants from air’
A new material is capable of capturing trace amounts of benzene, a toxic pollutant, from the air and crucially use less energy than existing...
Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River...
New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak streamflows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin,...
Seafloor animal cued to settle, transformed by a bacterial compound
A new study has revealed that a large, complex molecule, called lipopolysaccharide, produced by bacteria is responsible for inducing larval marine tubeworms, Hydroides elegans,...
Scientists see signs of traumatic brain injury in headbutting muskox
Scientists saw for the first time hallmarks of concussions and other head trauma in the brains of deceased headbutting animals -- muskoxen and bighorn...
Major infrared breakthrough could lead to solar power at night
Based on similar technology to night-vision goggles, researchers have developed a device that can generate electricity from thermal radiation.
Rocket engine exhaust pollution extends high into Earth’s atmosphere
Researchers assessed the potential impact of a rocket launch on atmospheric pollution by investigating the heat and mass transfer and rapid mixing of the...
Improved wind forecasts save consumers millions in energy costs
Scientists determined that by increasing the accuracy of weather forecasts over the last decade, consumers netted at least $384 million in energy savings. The...
Where were Herod the Great’s royal alabaster bathtubs quarried?
A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that...
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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.
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Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
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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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.
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