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Researchers excavate two 10-million-year-old whale fossils exposed by winter storms on a beach in Portugal

A storm uncovers two 10-million-year-old whales, and the discovery surprises Europe

By ECONEWS
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April 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Roaring brown bear in close-up as scientists report climate change may push bears toward more plant-based diets

Many bear populations are eating more plants as the climate warms, a Nature Communications study finds

By Adrian Villellas
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April 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Beijing skyline showing clear air versus heavy smog as PM2.5 pollution hit a record low in 2025

Beijing records its cleanest air ever in 2025, with an average PM2.5 of 27 µg/m³

By ECONEWS
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April 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Large pipeline corridor in Riyadh carrying treated wastewater that feeds the flowing Wadi Hanifah desert river

Saudi Arabia is turning wastewater into an ever-expanding green corridor in the middle of the desert

By ECONEWS
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April 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM
307-million-year-old fossil skull of Tyrannoroter heberti, an early plant-eating land animal about the size of a soccer ball

A 307-million-year-old fossil the size of a soccer ball could change what we know about the origin of herbivorous animals

By ECONEWS
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April 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Floating raindrop electricity generator developed by Chinese researchers powering LEDs on water during rainfall

No sun, no wind: Scientists are turning raindrops into electrical impulses, paving the way for a new source of energy

By ECONEWS
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April 12, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Africa is surprising the whole world with a phenomenon no one expected: trees are reappearing without anyone having planted them

Africa is surprising the whole world with a phenomenon no one expected: trees are reappearing without anyone having planted them

By Adrian Villellas
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April 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Sargasso Sea floating sargassum mats in deep blue Atlantic waters, a shoreless sea that shapes marine life and climate

There is a body of water on Earth that is not bordered by any coastline and is warming rapidly

By ECONEWS
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April 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Wild boar standing in a green urban-edge habitat as DNA study links Berlin and Barcelona city boars to distinct urban populations

Seeing a wild boar near a playground or crossing a bike path might seem like a one-off visit from the forest, but genetics tells us a much stranger story: in Berlin and Barcelona, there are already urban populations that clearly differ from their rural counterparts, and that completely changes the way cities should act

By ECONEWS
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April 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Vista aérea de un lago de aguas negras rodeado por selva en la cuenca del Congo, donde científicos detectaron carbono antiguo de turba

A study published on February 23, 2026, uncovers a silent leak in two dark lakes in the Congo and reveals that up to 39% and 40% of the carbon they release comes from peat that accumulated thousands of years ago, offering a troubling clue to the great climate puzzle

By ECONEWS
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April 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Person holding a box of donated clothes during a closet cleanout at home

For years, donating clothes seemed like the perfect way to clean out our closets and feel a little better about the planet, but a new study reveals a rather uncomfortable reality: between 33% and 97% of donated clothing ends up being exported, and a large portion of it ends up in landfills, out of sight

By ECONEWS
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April 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Baby loggerhead sea turtles cross a sandy nesting beach in Cabo Verde during hatching season

A 17-year study in Cape Verde finds loggerhead turtles nest earlier but lay fewer eggs and breed less often

By ECONEWS
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April 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Tea bags may release tiny plastics into hot tea, but scientists say the real answer depends on how the particles are measured.

What seemed like the most innocent routine of the day—boiling water and letting a tea bag steep for a few minutes—has become a major cause for concern, as some studies now estimate that a single cup of tea contains up to 14.7 billion microplastics and nanoplastics

By Adrian Villellas
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April 11, 2026 at 5:03 AM
A Starlink satellite dish terminal set up in a field to provide internet access during wartime operations.

Ukraine activates a filter that blocks unauthorized Starlink signals, and the war sparks an even bigger battle over the more than 10,000 satellites already orbiting Earth

By Adrian Villellas
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April 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bright red dots glowing against the dark backdrop of deep space, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected strange red spots in the early universe, and now a study suggests that they were not galaxies, but young black holes growing at a breakneck pace

By ECONEWS
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April 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A close-up of a high-efficiency magnet used in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines, designed without rare earth elements.

It’s not about lithium or batteries: the problem driving up the cost of electric cars and wind power might lie in a tiny magnet, and a new AI has already found a way to do without rare earth elements

By ECONEWS
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April 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A close-up view of a person using a smartphone to scan a fossilized, three-toed dinosaur footprint embedded in rock using the DinoTracker AI app.

How they managed to transport a 13,000-pound stone from Scotland to Stonehenge 5,000 years ago

By Adrian Villellas
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April 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Satellite view of the Atlantic Ocean showing a विशाल belt of brown sargassum seaweed stretching from West Africa toward the Caribbean.

The “brown ribbon” that can now be seen from space continues to grow in the Atlantic, and scientists warn that this is not just another simple stain

By ECONEWS
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April 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Oil tankers and cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping chokepoint facing sharp traffic decline

Just a few days ago, an average of 95 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz each day, including about 55 oil tankers, but now the sharp drop in traffic threatens to turn a distant crisis into a very real problem for millions of people

By ECONEWS
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April 10, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Copper, gold, and silver rocks representing the major Andes discovery on the Argentina-Chile border

The Vicuña project in the Andes, between Argentina and Chile, holds one of the largest copper discoveries in 30 years

By ECONEWS
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April 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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