Nature

People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the summer solstice is […]

Designating areas as protected spaces for wildlife is a common strategy for preserving biodiversity, but heavy human development around those areas may largely counteract the benefit of those protections.This post was originally published on this […]

Human persecution leads to anxiety and physiological stress among baboons. That’s according to the findings of new research by the Durham University Department of Anthropology.This post was originally published on this site

Driving along the Stuart Highway from Tennant Creek to Katherine in Australia’s Northern Territory, you might be more aware of lone eagles flying high above than what lies in the groundwaters beneath.This post was originally […]

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new environmentally friendly fertilizer additive that significantly enhances crop yields while reducing emissions of harmful gases.This post was originally […]

Long believed to be a single, globally distributed species drifting freely across the open ocean, the bluebottle—also known as the Portuguese man o’ war—has now been revealed to be a group of at least four […]

Kayakers and paddleboarders enjoying Scotland’s coastlines may be unknowingly disturbing marine mammals, according to new research highlighting the growing pressures faced by whales, dolphins and seals in Scottish waters.This post was originally published on this […]

Hundreds of tiny endangered fish slipped from orange plastic buckets into a glittering lagoon in Malibu on June 17, returning home five months after being whisked away from threats wrought by the Palisades fire.This post […]

In early January 2025, 20 red-browed amazons (Amazona rhodocorytha), a parrot species that was extinct in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, began to be reintroduced into a thousand-hectare forest reserve in Coruripe, located 86.5 kilometers […]

Mellissa Hairston has been living in the Atlanta area for 15 years. But it wasn’t until Memorial Day 2024, while soaking up the sun from her Milton home’s hot tub, that the mother of four […]