To the list of creatures whose lives humans have complicated, we must add salmon, which now adapt to our taste for drugs. First, it was cocaine. In June 2020, officials...
This decision highlights a bigger story about our relationship with fruit. Too much sugar. Michael Lynch, the zoo’s head veterinarian, told the Sydney Morning Herald, “The issue is the cultivated...
Interestingly, a specific octopus species has developed a strategy to impregnate the female while avoiding harm: using its venom. Dimorphism. Many animal species exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism, meaning there are...
A small army of laborers, heavy-equipment operators, hazmat technicians and truck drivers have cleared more than one-third of the home lots left in charred ruin by January’s firestorms — a...
For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs recently,...
One living example of that endurance is the olive tree of Vouves, found on the Greek island of Crete. Conservative estimates suggest the olive tree of Vouves is about 2,000...
Drawing a parallel to fertilization processes on land, cetologists imagined each of these ascents as a festival for shallow-water species. And the truth is, it is. What no one expected,...
A 3-year-old girl in Mexico died this month after getting infected with H5N1 bird flu, according to a report issued by the World Health Organization this week. Authorities say the...
LONDON — Britain’s green revolution is coming for oil and gas workers — but a lack of clarity from politicians is leaving them in limbo. In Westminster, Labour has promised...
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a rule to redefine what it means to “harm” a protected species under the Endangered Species Act, a move conservationists say will strip vulnerable...
