World's smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationists

A dozen of the world’s smallest pigs have been released into the wild in northeastern India…

Portland records hottest day ever amid Northwest scorcher

Utility workers and wildlife managers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals…

Appeal to identify 'La Botaniste' who slipped from history

Who was the mysterious Isabella Allen and what was her contribution to 19th Century botanical science? …

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 26 June 2021

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 26 June 2021 Click here for…

Volunteers And Amateurs Named Credited In NASA's Latest Discoveres

NASA is crediting volunteers and amateurs with advancing our knowledge of the universe through online data…

NASA completes additional tests to diagnose computer problem on Hubble space telescope

NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope…

Hydrofracking environmental problems not that different from conventional drilling

Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence…

Biologists discover that more intense predation in the tropics can limit marine invasions

What makes a successful invasion? What keeps invaders out? Are some geographic locations more vulnerable to…

Elephants solve problems with personality

Just as humans have their own individual personalities, new research in the Journal of Comparative Psychology…

Optical tweezer technology tweaked to overcome dangers of heat

Three years ago, Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize for inventing optical tweezers, which use light…