Texas neighborhoods face rising feral hog damage as the animals learn to dodge traps
In parts of Harris County, Texas, feral hogs are showing up more often in subdivisions, tearing up yards,…
Neanderthal Gene Still Shapes Muscle and Jaws in Some Living Humans
Neanderthals vanished roughly 42,000 years ago, but a piece of their biology appears to be quietly at work…
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Europe is burning. This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many…
Where in the South to watch rare solar eclipse on Wednesday – BBC
Where in the South to watch rare solar eclipse on Wednesday BBCWhere to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse…
Raccoon rescued after spending two days atop power pole in Santa Ana neighborhood
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) — A raccoon that spent nearly two days atop a power pole in a…
New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico
Paleontologists have described a new genus of small, bird-like dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico…
Lion cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade find new home in South Africa
Two lion cubs, Ben Tzur and Uri, who were rescued last year after being illegally trafficked into Israel,…
Total eclipse watchers test theories on why shadow bands occur
Racing water. Phantom serpents. Rippling patterns of light and dark. Solar eclipse watchers have for centuries vividly described…
Constantine Koukias’s Vast a sensory evocation of universe ecstasy
It turns out the solipsists are right: we are all, each, at the centre of the universe. That…
In 1980s, Colombia inherited 4 hippos left behind at Pablo Escobar’s estate, but today they have grown into world’s largest invasive hippo population |
In Colombia, the hippos originally imported by Pablo Escobar have become an ecological menace. Initially introduced for his…
Two habitable-zone planets now sit within 11 light-years of Earth: Proxima Centauri b at 4.24 light-years, confirmed years ago, and GJ 887 d at 10.7 light-years, confirmed only in 2026 — both orbiting red dwarfs, and both raising more questions than they answer
Eleven light-years is a tiny distance on a galactic map. Within that radius, astronomers now know of two…
I’m a disaster responder – Britain’s constant heatwaves have left it broken, bone-dry and in denial
If the unbearable heat wasn’t enough, leading to our hottest June day and night on record, the consecutive…