Florida sea turtle conservation success story faces a new threat
Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females' slow yet determined scooch onto Florida's shores, shoveling ...
One dead in Ecuador, Peru ports closed amid massive waves
Massive waves of up to 13 feet (four meters) are pummeling the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, leaving scores of ports closed and ...
Cooperation between two intruders moving side-by-side in granular media
In bird colonies, schools of fish and cycling pelotons, significant interactions occur between individuals through the ...
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here's what the James Webb Telescope has found in just 3 years
On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and ...
Astronomers discover an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral ...
How pigeons, cats, whales and even robotic catfish have acted as spies through the ages
The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying ...
Could captive breeding save this vanishing Everglades bird?
South Florida water managers approved a breeding program for an endangered Everglades sparrow that for decades has fluttered ...
Morphological evidence supporting four giraffe species classifications
The University of Cape Town, along with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, have conducted a large-scale study identifying ...
The war on wildfires is going high tech
Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of ...
Dogs and cats get diabetes, too—here's what to look out for and how to manage it
Learning a pet has diabetes can be a shock. Sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanized within a year of ...