A New Report Says We’re Hunting the World’s Mammals to Death. What Can Be Done? Solutions are multifaceted and region-specific, but conservation researchers have some ideas A black and white …
Flying for 10 Months Without a Layover By JAMES GORMAN OCT. 27, 2016 Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months, researchers found. They even mate in the …
Long-glanded blue coral snake has unique venom October 31, 2016 by Bryan Fry Blue coral snake. Credit: Tom Charlton One of the world’s most beautiful and venomous snakes has a …
From filmmaker Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio travels the world speaking to scientists and world leaders about the dramatic effects of climate change.
Brazil mutant mosquitoes to breed out diseases Larvae of mosquito Aedes aegypti OX513A, infected with the Wolbachia bacteria which alters the reproductive capability of its host, seen at Oxitec facility …
Dorchester apologizes for killing honeybees Dorchester County officials apologized Tuesday for unintentionally killing millions of honeybees when it failed to notify local beekeepers about its mosquito spraying over the weekend. …
Scientists Hijacked Tobacco Plants to Make Malaria Drugs A promising new advance could make the world’s best anti-malarial drug more widely available Malaria is one of the modern world’s most …
An Ecology-Based View of Mosquitoes in Bromeliads Dr. J Howard Frank, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida In nature in Florida: A few native epiphytic bromeliad species impound rainwater in their …
What’s Killing Native Birds in The Mountain Forests of Kauai? Biologist Eben Paxton is sounding the alarm about the catastrophic collapse of native bird populations on the Hawaiian island of …