Scientists induce endosymbiosis for first time in lab, a crucial step necessary for complex life ~science biology.micro Article 1697 words 10 votes
How easy is it for Norway's international seed bank to navigate politics and secure our future food supply? ~science biology Article 551 words 6 votes
California squirrels are hunting and eating voles, surprising UC Davis study says ~science biology Article 593 words 9 votes
Arctic foxes were almost hunted to extinction in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Can projects to breed and feed them help this native species return for good? ~enviro conservation Article 1215 words 6 votes
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him ~enviro Article 439 words 7 votes
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research ~science biology.micro biology.synthetic Article 632 words 55 votes
Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns ~enviro Article 372 words 11 votes
Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are creating noise pollution that threatens return of Norway's whales ~enviro pollution.noise Article 1105 words 6 votes
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 419 words 17 votes
Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration ~enviro Article 1316 words 9 votes
Climate change and fish farming are endangering the future of Norway's Atlantic salmon ~enviro climate change Link 7 votes
Better know a bird: The wild and kinky mating rituals of the crested auklet ~science biology Article 1065 words, published Jun 26 2017 16 votes
Plants really do 'scream'. We've simply never heard them until now. ~science biology Article 848 words 30 votes
Mitochondria are alive ~science biology.cell biology.molecular physics.bio Article 1573 words 14 votes
Making farming better for bees: can we breed crops that produce more nectar and pollen? ~enviro Article 980 words 4 votes
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election ~enviro conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
This spider scientist wants us to appreciate the world's eight-legged wonders ~science biology Article 6 votes
Thirty-year species reintroduction experiment shows evolution unfolding in slow motion ~science biology.marine Article 638 words, published Oct 28 2024 15 votes
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling, arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France's president for political asylum ~enviro Article 636 words 12 votes
The hidden world of electrostatic ecology ~science biology Article 1047 words, published Sep 30 2024 7 votes
54 million US adults may be misdiagnosed with high blood pressure based on bad readings ~health healthcare Article 357 words 19 votes
Historic US ship could soon become the world's largest artificial reef ~enviro Article 421 words 21 votes
Botanists identify thirty-three global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants ~science biology Article 654 words 16 votes
UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling ~music Article 441 words 8 votes
Scientists receive Ig Nobel Prize for discovering mammals can breathe through anuses ~science biology Article 43 votes
When Rob Barrett surveyed one of Norway's largest seabird colonies in the '70s there were too many birds to count – stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline ~science biology Article 1171 words 13 votes
Researchers make mouse skin transparent using a common food dye ~science biology Article 751 words 24 votes