Nearly 50 rhinos killed in Botswana in 10 months as poaching surges

At least 46 rhinos have been slaughtered in Botswana in 10 months, a government official said…

Five rhinos die from suspected anthrax infection in India

Rangers have suspended safari rides in a popular nature reserve in eastern India after five one-horned…

Bushfires burned a fifth of Australia's forest: study

Australia’s wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country’s forests, making the blazes “globally…

'Lab in your phone' lets you play the scientific life

The scientist inside your phone is having a stressful day. Trying to finish a research paper…

Modern technology reveals old secrets about the great, white Maya road

Did a powerful queen of Cobá, one of the greatest cities of the ancient Maya world,…

Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history

A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast…

Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it

Technology has shifted the way that professors teach students in higher education. For example, by uploading…

A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a…

Camera trap study captures Sumatran tigers, clouded leopards, other rare beasts

Scientists deployed motion-sensitive camera traps across a 50-square-mile swath of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in…

Researchers ID protein function in parasites that cause sometimes fatal diseases

In the quest to develop more effective treatments for parasitic diseases like African sleeping sickness, Chagas…