Nature & Wildlife
Devils on Halloween and in Nature
As soon as the month of October starts, your thoughts probably turn to spooky fun as we lead up to October 31 and Halloween.
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Nature & Wildlife
Antarctica Holds the Secret to Sociality on Mars
Antarctica has always been—for lack of another, less trite description—“otherworldly.” It’s clear, clean air and wild, untouched mountains hardly seem part of this planet. But that depiction of the icy continent is usually meant in a metaphorical sense. Now, however, it has taken on a more literal meaning.
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Conservation
Sustainability Goals and How We Can Achieve Them
We may already be living far beyond what the Earth can sustainably support, suggests the writers of a brand-new study, who analyzed more than 200 years of environmental and population data. They found that while population growth once fueled expansion and innovation, the trend shifted decades ago as the planet’s resources became increasingly strained.
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Nature & Wildlife
Nature’s Medicines
Today, it might sound hyperbolic to say to the majority of us who are living in urban surroundings that nature’s animals and plants are essential for human survival. But it’s truly not over the top. Nature acts as a crucial life-support system that provides us with breathable oxygen, clean water, food and medicines.
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Conservation
The State of Life on Earth and a Big Belief in Science
In 2024, global carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high. That may come as no surprise, as global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached record highs for at least the past several years, with 2022, 2023 and now 2024 all setting new records.
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Nature & Wildlife
The Social Behavior of Animals Changes with Age
If you look at almost any bird identification guide or mammal encyclopedia, you’ll typically see two to three images of any one animal: an adult female, an adult male and, perhaps, a juvenile.
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Nature & Wildlife
Halloween 2024: Bat Nightclubs and Owl Haunts
With the end of October near and Halloween decorations almost everywhere you look, you might be wondering why certain animals are so often featured as we approach the spookiest holiday. Why do plastic owls decorate lawns, and fake bats hang from every nook and cranny?
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Conservation
AI Advances and Robotic Strides in Conservation
The grace of a running gazelle, the majesty of a migrating herd of wildebeests, the elegance of an outstretched wing in flight or the grand glissades of massive glaciers. These are nature’s lissome movements. There’s nothing else like them.
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Conservation
Braiding Science, Kinship With Nature, and Communal Well-Being
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, author Robin Wall Kimmerer in her now iconic 2015 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants intertwines the knowledge she gained during her Potawatomi upbringing with the education she later received as a scientist—specifically, a plant biologist.
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Nature & Wildlife
Aging, Happiness and Access to Nature
Next week, I’ll mark another birthday. While I’m grateful for all the ones I’ve been fortunate enough to have so far, how quickly they seem to roll by now is somewhat daunting. That makes me a bit sad. In turn, that has me wondering: at what age are we our happiest?
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Conservation
Biodiversity: Big Picture and Backyard
There are big issues and topics that we’ll continue to have to deal with in the upcoming months of 2024, and rapid biodiversity loss in this sixth mass extinction is one of them.
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Nature & Wildlife
Balancing Our Outdoor Desire with Wildlife Welfare
One of the best things about spending time in nature is spotting animals in their natural habitats, seemingly going about their lives as if we weren’t watching. It’s those brief glimpses into the wild that our souls seem to crave.