Fin whale feeding off Pembrokeshire coast captured by drone
Rhys Morgan recently captured a rare aerial view of a fin whale lunge feeding in the Celtic Deeps,…
Forest fires significantly worsening across Africa’s tropical nations, data shows
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NASA grew crystals from a protein found in human tears aboard ISS; scientists use them to study how proteins form in space |
Image Credit: Redwire/Nasa Nasa has grown crystals of lysozyme, a protein found in human tears, saliva and milk,…
A Buckinghamshire wildlife garden redesigned around an unheated natural swimming pond that attracts frogs, bats, and dragonflies | World News
A place where the daily swim could begin at the back door, surrounded by dragonflies and flowering plants,…
Erin McDaid of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust discusses the flaws of cutting green regulations
In this week’s Countryfile column, Erin McDaid of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust says that cutting green regulations defies voters…
NASA to Buy a New Space Station. Price Tag: $34.1 Billion
By now, you’ve heard the news: The International Space Station, which began construction in 1998 and was originally…
In 1968, millions of grey squirrels moved across America in a puzzling wildlife event, and scientists traced a possible clue to the acorn crop of 1967 | World News
In the autumn of 1968, reports of eastern grey squirrels moving in unusual numbers across parts of the…
Scientists say Doomsday Glacier melting ‘aggressively’
The planet’s widest glacier is melting “more aggressively” than previously projected, meaning its impacts on global sea level…
Panama Canal reservoir project expected to flood cemeteries, displace families
When Maricel Sánchez’s family buried her grandmother 15 years ago, she never expected she would have to dig…
SpaceX Bids for Space Dominance, Plans 456 Starship Launches Per Year
In the year 2000, U.S. space companies launched a grand total of 28 rockets. From 2001 to 2010,…
How Canada can better track what happens to trafficked wildlife after they’re seized
In 2022, officers from the Canada Border Services Agency and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) intercepted a…
Sheffield scheme targets heart health in deprived areas of city
A new community initiative aims to boost heart health in some of Sheffield’s most deprived areas. Sessions of…