Nature

Texas is the “battiest” state, home to 32 of the country’s 47 bat species—and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nowhere may prove that better than the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A recent acoustic survey found […]

Birds regularly shed and regrow their body and wing feathers in a process, called molting, that is critical for flight, migration, insulation, breeding and survival.This post was originally published on this site

In recent years, the concept of “rewilding” has risen to prominence in the conservation community, but to date, most efforts have been concentrated on large protected areas far from cities—and consequently, far from urban areas […]

By 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in cities—20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world around them contracts. Species decline faster in and around cities than almost anywhere else. […]

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck with a trailer and weighed almost twice as much. Embedded in its jaws were […]

Antarctica’s icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.This post was originally […]

A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their equipment.This […]

A helicopter successfully herded 16 critically endangered banteng onto a truck in Cambodia for the first time, conservationists said, marking a “significant achievement” in a country with high rates of deforestation.This post was originally published […]

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth’s climate by storing carbon. While lab studies […]

A new study led by Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics shows that monitoring and managing select bird species can provide benefits for other species within specific […]