More than 300 million people in low-lying river deltas, mostly in poorer nations, are exposed to…
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Mosquitos lost an essential gene with no ill effects
University of Maryland entomologists discovered that a gene critical for survival in other insects is missing…
Dinosaur feather study debunked: Overwhelming evidence supports Jurassic fossil does belong to Archaeopteryx
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does…
Australia approves major new fossil fuel projects
Australia has approved two major new fossil fuel projects that proponents in the climate change-vulnerable nation…
Green shoots: Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore
On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and…
Baby boom at Taipei Zoo lightens pandemic blues
Taiwan’s largest zoo has celebrated a flurry of births in recent months—including pandas and pangolins—in a…
Predator-prey interaction study reveals more food does not always mean more consumption
Scientists at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center have developed an unusually rich picture of who…
Two pesticides approved for use in US harmful to bees
A previously banned insecticide, which was approved for agricultural use last year in the United States,…
Chronically understudied, fences hold grave ecological threats
Fences are one of humanity’s most frequent landscape alterations, with their combined length exceeding even that…
210 scientists highlight state of plants and fungi in Plants, People, Planet special issue
The Special Issue, ‘Protecting and sustainably using the world’s plants and fungi’, brings together the research—from…