https://www.ecoticias.com/en/argentine-ants-defend-citrus-pests-from-predators-in-californias-groves-and-vineyards-raising-honeydew-pressure-and-weakening-biological-control-after-spreading-from-south-america-in-1891/35876/ 2026-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Argentine ants defend citrus pests from predators in California’s groves and vineyards, raising honeydew pressure and weakening biological control, after spreading from South America in 1891 https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/argentine-ants-honeydew-pests-california.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/researchers-released-16500-gallons-of-sodium-hydroxide-into-the-ocean-near-cape-cod-the-first-epa-permitted-trial-of-its-kind-and-a-dye-tracer-followed-the-patch-for-five-days/35875/ 2026-08-22T15:00:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-22T15:00:00-04:00 Researchers released 16,500 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the ocean near Cape Cod, the first EPA-permitted trial of its kind, and a dye tracer followed the patch for five days https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ocean-alkalinity-experiment-pink-dye-cape-cod.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/brazilian-geneticist-warwick-kerr-bred-honey-bees-for-tropical-heat-in-1956-and-26-swarming-colonies-spread-across-the-western-hemisphere-by-1990-transforming-pollination-patterns/35874/ 2026-08-22T12:30:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-22T12:30:00-04:00 Brazilian geneticist Warwick Kerr bred honey bees for tropical heat in 1956, and 26 swarming colonies spread across the Western Hemisphere by 1990, transforming pollination patterns https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/warwick-kerr-africanized-honey-bees-brazil.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/a-globe-skimmer-dragonfly-barely-1-5-inches-long-may-fly-3700-miles-across-generations-and-dna-now-links-its-populations-across-asia-and-the-americas-in-one-migration-circuit/35882/ 2026-08-22T10:15:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-22T10:15:00-04:00 A globe skimmer dragonfly barely 1.5 inches long may fly 3,700 miles across generations, and DNA now links its populations across Asia and the Americas in one migration circuit https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/globe-skimmer-dragonfly-long-distance-migration.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/californias-iceplant-from-south-africa-spreads-three-feet-a-year-across-bluffs-and-dunes-crowding-native-plants-and-pulling-it-out-turns-out-to-be-only-the-first-step/35881/ 2026-08-22T06:30:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-22T06:30:00-04:00 California’s iceplant from South Africa spreads three feet a year across bluffs and dunes, crowding native plants, and pulling it out turns out to be only the first step https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/california-invasive-iceplant-removal-coastal-dunes.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/chinas-karst-sinkholes-shelter-the-endangered-magnolia-aromatica-from-heat-and-drought-yet-genetic-research-found-populations-inside-carry-more-harmful-mutations-and-less-diversity-than-trees-outsi/35848/ 2026-08-21T16:45:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-21T16:45:00-04:00 China’s karst sinkholes shelter the endangered Magnolia aromatica from heat and drought, yet genetic research found populations inside carry more harmful mutations and less diversity than trees outside, weakening their adaptability https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/magnolia-aromatica-china-sinkhole-leye.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/lake-vostok-lies-liquid-four-kilometers-beneath-antarctic-ice-at-minus-3c-not-from-antifreeze-but-from-pressure-lowering-waters-melting-point-while-thick-ice-slows-heat-loss-and-earths-inte/35847/ 2026-08-21T12:45:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-21T12:45:00-04:00 Lake Vostok lies liquid four kilometers beneath Antarctic ice at minus 3°C, not from antifreeze but from pressure lowering water’s melting point while thick ice slows heat loss and Earth’s internal energy persists https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/lake-vostok-antarctica-beneath-ice-vostok-station.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/forty-years-after-chernobyl-wolves-lynx-przewalskis-horses-and-wild-boar-now-use-the-exclusion-zone-at-sevenfold-density-showing-how-quickly-large-mammals-benefit-when-human-pressure-vanishes-a/35846/ 2026-08-21T09:30:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-21T09:30:00-04:00 Forty years after Chernobyl, wolves, lynx, Przewalski’s horses, and wild boar now use the exclusion zone at sevenfold density, showing how quickly large mammals benefit when human pressure vanishes across vast connected areas https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/przewalskis-horses-chernobyl-exclusion-zone.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/nasa-contracted-spacex-for-843-million-to-develop-the-u-s-deorbit-vehicle-that-will-guide-the-945000-pound-space-station-into-a-remote-ocean-corridor-after-the-last-crew-returns-controlling-the-de/35845/ 2026-08-21T06:30:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-21T06:30:00-04:00 NASA contracted SpaceX for $843 million to develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will guide the 945,000-pound Space Station into a remote ocean corridor after the last crew returns, controlling the debris footprint https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/spacex-dragon-international-space-station-deorbit.jpg https://www.ecoticias.com/en/icecubes-detector-spreads-5160-light-sensors-across-a-cubic-kilometer-of-antarctic-ice-between-1450-and-2450-meters-deep-using-earth-itself-as-a-shield-to-catch-neutrinos-arriving-upward-from-th/35844/ 2026-08-20T18:30:00-04:00 ECOticias.comen 2026-08-20T18:30:00-04:00 IceCube’s detector spreads 5,160 light sensors across a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice between 1,450 and 2,450 meters deep, using Earth itself as a shield to catch neutrinos arriving upward from the northern sky https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/icecube-mdom-sensor-antarctic-ice-borehole.jpg