Environment
A herd of cows was abandoned on a deserted island 130 years ago, and a genetic study has now left researchers with a result they did not expect
A reward of up to $200,000 is being offered to anyone who proposes a solution to stop the spread of these invasive mussels in California before the problem worsens
NASA satellite images reveal the massive scar left by Georgia wildfires, and a mix of extreme drought, high winds, and remnants of Hurricane Helene helps explain why it shows up from space
Researchers opened decades-old canned salmon from Alaska and found a hidden ocean record inside, dead anisakid worms that let them track food web change over 42 years, with parasite counts rising in chum and pink salmon but staying flat in coho and sockeye
China “erases” 12 years of pollution and achieves a 98% reduction in its capital: the figure is so extreme it forces one question… how did they really do it?
La Rioja and the drained reservoir: protected species emerge, and experts are worried about what could come next
Scientists announce a “game-changing” method, and the headline sounds exaggerated… until you see the before and after (and the key number)
Lakes along the Congo River are releasing tons of “ancient carbon”: the numbers are alarming, and the reason is more disturbing than it seems
The “pink fairy” has reappeared in a reserve in Mendoza, and its return confirms that an ecosystem that seemed silent still held an extraordinary surprise
Errors detected in hundreds of sea-level studies, and the “new” figures could change coastal risk maps across half the world… (and it is far from a minor correction)
Mount St. Helens: the eruption that changed the U.S. in 1980 has an unexpected “culprit”… and no, it is not a volcano (it is animals, and the story is surreal)
Scientists analyzed more than 2,300 seawater samples and made a troubling discovery: they found 248 man-made chemicals in waters around the world, even far from the coast
Scientists have mapped a massive 500-kilometer-long underwater fissure hidden beneath the Atlantic Ocean and now believe they know how this colossal “wound” formed 37 million years ago
Denmark is turning off the white light from its streetlamps and painting a road red to solve a nighttime crisis that almost no one sees: urban light was blocking the path of bats
If you hear crickets at night in your home or garden, do not scare them away: gardening experts explain why their presence may actually be a good sign
A tourist boat saw something unexpected off the Australian coast, and aircrews are now searching from above because the animal’s markings could identify a rare visitor
More than 100,000 pounds of invasive carp have been pulled from the Kansas River, and the scale of the catch reveals how fast a river can be taken over








