Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go…

Scientists a step closer to saving northern white rhino from extinction

Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one…

Big brains or big guts: Choose one

Big brains can help an animal mount quick, flexible behavioral responses to frequent or unexpected environmental…

Blue Bahamas

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano captured this image of the Bahamas from the International Space Station and…

First Sun

First sunlight in Antartctic research station Concordia after four months of darkness. ESA research medical doctor…

The death of a star

This atmospheric Picture of the Week, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a dark, gloomy scene…

US government issues final Utah monument plan

The U.S. government’s final management plan for lands in and around a Utah national monument that…

Rolling Stones get a little piece of Mars to call their own

There is now a “Rolling Stones Rock” on Mars, and it’s giving Mick and the boys…

The fat of the land: Estimating the ecological costs of overeating

With every unfinished meal since Band Aid, you’ve heard it: “people are starving in Africa, y’know”.…

Research details impact of energy development on deer habitat use

For every acre of mule deer habitat taken by roads, well pads and other oil and…