Climate change is making plants less nutritious—that could already be hurting animals that are grazers
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low ...
Whales can live way longer than scientists thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new ...
From pop songs to baby names: How Simeulue Island's 'smong' narrative evolves post-tsunami
Off the southern coast of Aceh lies Simeulue, a small island with a powerful story of survival. When the devastating Indian ...
Gift-giving was practiced by early humans in Africa—how it spread and evolved
For many countries around the world, December is an intense, commercialized period of gift-giving. Not just within families ...
Businesses must stop caving to political pressure and abandoning their equity, diversity and inclusion commitments
Over the past year, several major corporations have scaled back their equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives amid ...
Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world
Climate and environmental protest is being criminalized and repressed around the world. The criminalization of such protests ...
Climate, migration and conflict mix to create 'deadly' intense tropical storms like Chido
Cyclone Chido was an "intense tropical cyclone", equivalent to a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic. It made landfall in ...
'House of the Dragon' and families fighting for power—it can happen in business, too
While most agree that HBO's hit fantasy show "House of the Dragon" (HotD) might be an interesting dive into the chaos of the ...
Two populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans
The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...
Octopuses are a new animal welfare frontier—what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures
We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.
Image: NASA's Terra satellite captures 2015 eclipse shadow
During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of Europe, and a partial solar eclipse ...
How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in waterways presents a critical threat. If commonly used antibiotics are deemed useless, ...