Wild tulips need love, too: Research highlights ignored 'plight' of spring symbol

In the days of cable TV, melancholy commercials pleading for donations to help save big animals…

Time running out on the 'one opportunity' for a climate bill

When President Joe Biden went to Capitol Hill in October to arm-twist for his signature environmental…

Few eligible families have applied for government help to pay for COVID funerals

On a humid August afternoon in 2020, two caskets―one silver, one white―sat by holes in the…

Is it topological? A new materials database has the answer

What will it take to make our electronics smarter, faster, and more resilient? One idea is…

Discovery of 'ghost' fossils reveals plankton resilience to past global warming events

An international team of scientists from UCL (University College London), the Swedish Museum of Natural History,…

Genetic predictability steadily erodes during evolution, new study shows

A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen…

Past events reveal how future warming could harm cold-water corals

How will future warming of the planet impact cold-water corals? A new analysis of ancient evidence…

Avian influenza: How it's spreading and what to know about this outbreak

When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not…

Researchers reveal multi-scale characteristics of helicity in wall-bounded turbulent flows

A research team from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed…

Study finds why baby leatherback marine turtles can't 'see the sea'

When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, typically at night, they crawl toward the ocean…