How do fireflies flash in sync? Studies suggest a new answer. ~science biology.computational mathematics.bio Article 2809 words, published Sep 20 2022 3 votes
US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered ~science biology Article 615 words 2 votes
Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones ~enviro Article 938 words 3 votes
New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. ~science biology Article 689 words 5 votes
OneWhale charity aims to establish first open water safe haven in a reserve for whales, including a Russian beluga that went viral on YouTube ~enviro conservation Article 677 words 2 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses ~enviro climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
Bucking convention to track the upside of invasive species ~science biology Article 1817 words 6 votes
The CIA just invested in woolly mammoth resurrection technology ~science biology Article 1406 words, published Sep 28 2022 8 votes
Coral Vita aims to grow corals up to fifty times faster than in nature through land-based farms ~enviro climate change conservation Article 3200 words 7 votes
Why (and how) over 600,000 bird specimens are preserved at the Smithsonian | Colossal Collections ~science biology Video 9:17 4 votes
How this Florida town became the sea sponge capital of the world | Big Business ~finance business economics Video 11:06 2 votes
The Norwegians should not have killed Freya the walrus – if we valued the lives of animals, we would not simply exterminate the ones that inconvenience us ~enviro Article 1338 words 6 votes
Is Japan's whaling industry going under as demand sinks? ~enviro conservation Article 956 words, published Nov 7 2017 5 votes
Freya the walrus sinks boats and captures hearts in Norway – enchanting but unwittingly destructive 600kg marine mammal has taken up residence in Oslo fjord ~enviro Article 411 words 7 votes
Greenland sharks born long before the Industrial Revolution are still hunting Arctic waters to this day – but they face an uncertain future ~enviro climate change Article 502 words 7 votes
Faroe Islands to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after receiving widespread criticism ~enviro Article 38 words 4 votes
After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials ~enviro Article 929 words 6 votes
The world’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp, visible to the naked eye ~science biology Article 556 words 17 votes
Over sixty pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season ~enviro Article 811 words, published Jun 14 2022 2 votes
A frog so small, it could not 'frog' ~science biology Article 1312 words, published Jun 15 2022 9 votes
Over twenty-five years ago Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland's inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness ~science biology medicine Article 2391 words 4 votes
Isolated group of polar bears found surviving in south-east Greenland thanks to freshwater discharge from glaciers ~enviro water.fresh Article 740 words 10 votes
Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored ~enviro conservation Article 1316 words 6 votes
This algae battery can power a computer for months ~tech Article 329 words, published May 22 2022 8 votes
We might need to reevaluate the sexual harassment allegations against David Sabatini ~life Article 535 words 11 votes
Death could be reversible, as scientists bring dead eyes back to life ~science biology Article 679 words 6 votes
Powerful ‘machine scientists’ distill the laws of physics from raw data ~science physics biology Article 2357 words 19 votes
Meteorites could have brought all five genetic 'letters' of DNA to early Earth ~space Article 591 words 5 votes
From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential ~science biology.marine chemistry.bio Article 1464 words 8 votes
What's next for AlphaFold and the AI protein-folding revolution ~science biology.molecular Article 4048 words 11 votes
New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors ~science medicine biology.micro Article 945 words, published Mar 17 2022 5 votes
Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists ~enviro conservation Article 1071 words 4 votes
Iceland's last remaining whaling company said it planned to hunt this summer for the first time since 2018 ~enviro Article 349 words 5 votes
Doctors transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the first time ~science medicine biology Article 641 words 19 votes
Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported ~science medicine biology Article 4572 words, published Feb 15 2022 29 votes
Commercial whaling in Iceland could be banned within two years, after a government minister said there was little justification for the practice ~enviro Article 54 words, published Feb 4 2022 5 votes
Humble suckers: Pacific lamprey have survived five mass extinctions but are now under threat ~enviro conservation Article 2130 words, published Jan 26 2022 2 votes
The search for what's harming Florida's beloved bonefish ~enviro conservation Article 1991 words 4 votes
A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects. ~enviro climate change Article 17 votes
First pig-human transplant: A recap ~science medicine biology Video 24:56, published Jan 14 2022 4 votes
Energy, and how to get it - All of us know people who have more energy than we do, but the science of the phenomenon is just coming into view ~science psychology chemistry.bio biology.psycho Article 5981 words, published Oct 28 2021 10 votes
Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis ~science biology medicine Article 1295 words 12 votes