4+ day, 6+ min ago  (279+ words) By Laurie D. Morrissey My first sighting of a cecropia moth was from a boat. It was a sunny morning and I was paddling along the lakeshore, expecting to see familiar birds. Instead, my eye was drawn to a large brown…...

2+ min ago  (702+ words) Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week is June 14-20, and in Kodiak, the Soil and Water Conservation District is hard at work controlling the islands" many invasive plants. But the district"s work has been made harder by this summer"s late…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (236+ words) To combat the degradation, the scientists deployed an Integrated Spatial Decision-Support Framework " a smart map-making system to zero in on which parts of the river require immediate attention. Using satellite images, the team measured various factors, including how green the…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (394+ words) A 113-million-year-old pterosaur fossil from northeastern Brazil has yielded rare evidence of soft tissues, organic molecules and chemical traces of a diet heavy in fish and cephalopods such as squid or nautilus relatives. "Our findings open a new window into…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago  (279+ words) Join us to learn directly from scientists and naturalists while contributing meaningful community science data as part of our month-long Bioblitz to support biodiversity research and conservation. Pick your favorite topic to attend or dive in and join us for…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago  (309+ words) "This provincial funding for the early detection of forest and nursery pests in Niagara - in partnership with the Invasive Species Centre and Landscape Ontario - is critical to protecting our regional land and water resources from invasive species," said MPP Oosterhoff....

10+ hour, 1+ min ago  (251+ words) EASTSOUND, WA (My Bellingham Now. com) " A middle school field trip on the San Juans turned into a real-life science lesson. The Washington Sea Grant Crab Team said that a group from Orcas Middle School visited Crescent Beach in May…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (375+ words) White or Whakaari Island, off the north coast of New Zealand and part of the famed, Ring of Fire, has had near-continuous activity since 1975, with eruptions in 2012, 2016 and 2019. That is smoke and steam coming from the crater. From blue whales…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (921+ words) Scientists have assumed that viruses in coastal mud follow the same patterns as those in the open ocean " the same types, the same behaviors. Intertidal mudflats have not been extensively studied to test that assumption, and what lives there, in…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (312+ words) Conservation advocates have raised an alarm, warning that Nigeria's wildlife and natural ecosystems are disappearing quietly amid growing environmental threats, calling for the preservation of the country's natural heritage. Announcing the initiative on Friday, the founder of the awards, Oluwasooto…...