How the world’s largest known group of chimps turned on each other : NPR
The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in…
Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?
This time, the sound of hammering rain told her that trouble was coming. “The kids were doing our…
The Craters that Made Us
How does something come from nothing? It is perhaps the most profound question in all of science and…
World’s oldest gorilla celebrates birthday at Berlin Zoo
At 69 years old, Lady Fatou on Monday became not only the Berlin Zoo‘s longest-residing tenant but also…
The underappreciated importance of small wetlands in global methane emissions
Lan, X., Thoning, K.W. & Dlugokencky, E.J. Trends in Globally-averaged CH4, N2O, and SF6 determined from NOAA Global…
Megaberg Ends Its Long Odyssey at Sea
Iceberg A-23A ranks among the giants known to have broken, or “calved,” from Antarctica. Though several other icebergs…
Living with wildlife, bearing the cost
Communities living alongside wildlife bear immediate and recurring costs—from crop loss and injury to disrupted routines—while the…
24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining
Scientists discovered 24 new species of tiny crustaceans and an entirely new evolutionary branch from a deep…
Mega Laser Beam Signal: Astronomers detect mega-laser beam signal from 8 billion light-years away |
One of the most remarkable discoveries made by astronomers in recent years is the identification of an extremely…
A Civilization May Yet Die
A Dugong near Marsa Alam in Egypt. Photo by Camille Ménard, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. “A…
The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity
Michalet, R. et al. Competition, facilitation and environmental severity shape the relationship between local and regional species richness…
Artemis mission marks a giant leap for jargon – The Irish Times
During the anxious final countdown before the four Artemis II astronauts were blasted into space last week, something…