Rare 'itinerant breeding' behavior revealed in California bird

Only two bird species have ever been shown to undertake what scientists call ‘itinerant breeding’: nesting…

Taming the wild cheese fungus

The flavors of fermented foods are heavily shaped by the fungi that grow on them, but…

EU cuts 2020 cod quotas for the Baltic

EU quotas for cod in the Baltic will be cut next year to try to shore…

Tulips from Amsterdam? Not so much says new probe

Tourists are being ripped off at Amsterdam’s famous flower market, with just one percent of all…

Swiss glaciers shrink 10 percent in five years: study

Switzerland’s glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone—a melting…

Delhi pollution 'action plan' comes into force

New Delhi banned the use of diesel generators on Tuesday as pollution levels in the Indian…

Russia bids farewell to first man who walked in space

Hundreds of people including Russian and US astronauts and top officials bid farewell Tuesday to Alexei…

Modeling airborne disease diffusion

With outbreaks of airborne diseases such as measles occurring with growing frequency, modeling how the diffusion…

Mitochondria work much like Tesla battery packs, study finds

For years, scientists assumed that mitochondria—the energy-generating centers of living cells—worked much like household batteries, generating…

Insect or virus? How plants know

Most plants have plenty of enemies, from insects and other grazing creatures to various diseases, droughts…