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Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo leads effort to protect polar bears as Trump opens Arctic refuge to oil drilling

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Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed—a soft, breathy, snorting sound that signals affection or reassurance. […]

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Artificial nighttime lighting is suppressing moth activity, new research shows

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Moths move significantly less when exposed to artificial nighttime light, new research shows. Moths’ attraction to artificial light, such as streetlights, is common knowledge and has been much studied. But, as many people will have […]

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Finnish birdwatchers’ app data fuel world’s most accurate model for predicting bird occurrence

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New cutting-edge research, led by Academy Professor Otso Ovaskainen of the University of Jyväskylä and David Dunson at Duke University, combines citizen bird observations with artificial intelligence and the computing power of supercomputers at CSC—IT […]

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Mountain lion spotted in San Francisco, officials working to capture it

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A young mountain lion spotted roaming the streets of San Francisco has been located near a park where wildlife officials are trying to capture it, authorities said Tuesday.This post was originally published on this site

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How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forests

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For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the longleaf pine. The forest once stretched across 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, […]

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Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans

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Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal courting rituals. […]

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Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away

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For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival—and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing than anyone […]

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Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers—and an important food source

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Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation’s premier animal weather forecaster has been making headlines as Punxsutawney Phil for decades.This post was originally […]

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New report reveals scale, causes and consequences of UK South West octopus bloom

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A new report has revealed that a dramatic population bloom of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off the South West coast is having significant effects on fisheries and marine ecosystems.This post was originally published on […]

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Oddball flower challenges long-held rule about how new plant species evolve

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Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its lipstick-like appearance—its flowers are shorter, wider, and yellowish green in color. It also […]

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  • White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year

    Historically, corporate boardrooms have been mostly white and mostly male. Yet the trend started shifting in the 1970s, in part due to gains from the civil rights era and pro-diversity efforts by activists and business [...]
  • Claiming your business page on review platforms can have unintended effects on customer reviews, study shows

    Claiming a business page on an online review platform such as Yelp may result in a sharp decline in ratings and an increase in lengthy, negative customer feedback, according to a study from Florida International [...]
  • Ensuring equitable technological transitions: AI use in the workforce

    Much of the public conversation about generative AI and work focuses narrowly on job loss or productivity gains. But research by Professor of Sociology Chris Benner draws on lessons from past technological transitions and current [...]

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