Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play ~science biology.marine Article 937 words 12 votes
For more than twenty years, scientists have followed polar bears in Norway's Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on melts ~enviro climate change conservation Article 838 words 3 votes
Orchid's nutrient theft from fungi sheds light on photosynthesis-parasitism continuum ~science biology Article 630 words 21 votes
Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find ~health Article 604 words 25 votes
Global seafood company Mowi is offering a bounty to fishers who catch escaped salmon after an estimated 27,000 fish went missing from a farm off the Norwegian coast ~enviro Article 484 words 6 votes
Norway's environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat” ~enviro pollution climate change Article 507 words 16 votes
Piece of fossilised fish vomit has been found in Denmark – unusual discovery dated to the end of the Cretaceous period sixty-six million years ago ~science biology.marine Article 281 words 8 votes
Fish at center of key conservation fight not a distinct species after all ~enviro Article 799 words, published Jan 3 2025 13 votes
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
Hvaldimir, a celebrated ‘spy’ whale, is found dead in Norway – first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness ~enviro Article 494 words 15 votes
Why have salmon deserted Norway's rivers? Salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future. ~enviro climate change Article 1004 words 8 votes
Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life ~science medicine biology psychology.cognitive Article 361 words, published Apr 17 2023 27 votes
Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap. ~space Article 949 words 59 votes