Growing fruits on desert lands? Inside China’s decades-long fight against desertification
“Only people who are extremely resilient can do this kind of work,” Zhao said. “Every spring, we face…
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur
Bell, P. R. Standardized terminology and potential taxonomic utility for hadrosaurid skin impressions: a case study for Saurolophus…
Capturing Ecology Photo Contest 2025 Winners Show the Wonders of Nature
The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual Capturing Ecology photography competition, showcasing the best…
A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk
After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own. Julie…
Empowering NASA’s Earth Science Fleet
Earth as seen during Apollo 8 in 1968 — NASA Keith’s note: this short essay, “A Plea to…
Biomechanical limits of hopping in the hindlimbs of giant extinct kangaroos
Specimens All species included in this study were macropodiforms; the bone measurement dataset encompassed all extant families and…
Southern hemisphere ceratosaurs evolved feeding mechanics paralleling those of Northern hemisphere tyrannosaurids
Carrano, M. T. & Sampson, S. D. The phylogeny of ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). J. Syst. Paleontol. 6, 183–236…
Ecological and social pressures drive same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates
Lerch, B. A. & Servedio, M. R. Same-sex sexual behaviour and selection for indiscriminate mating. Nat. Ecol. Evol.…
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems
Anthony, M. A., Bender, S. F. & Van Der Heijden, M. G. A. Enumerating soil biodiversity. Proc. Natl…
Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets
UNEP. State of Finance for Nature 2023 (UNEP, 2023). Kedward, K., zu Ermgassen, S. O. S. E., Ryan-Collins,…
Give your Christmas tree a second life, completely for free | The Latest from WDEL News
RACHEL M SUGA Do you not know what to do with your Christmas tree? Delaware Center for Horticulture…
scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
Tadeo Ramirez-Parada studied the timing of plant flowering for his PhD — but he didn’t touch a single…