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When good plants go bad
A study out of the University of Florida offers a comparison between introduced species that attempt…
Scientists find iron 'snow' in Earth's core
The Earth’s inner core is hot, under immense pressure and snow-capped, according to new research that…
Conservation's hidden costs take bite out of benefits
Returning croplands to forests is a sustainability gold standard to mitigate climate change impacts and promote…
Integrating social and ecological science for effective coral reef conservation
While many conservation plans focus on only environmental indicators for success, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)’s…
Understanding why songbirds choose their homes
New research by University of Alberta biologists uses a new approach to modelling the populations of…
Researchers directly measure 'Cheerios effect' forces for the first time
There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When…
Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon
It’s a familiar scene to anyone who’s watched footage of brown bears catching sockeye salmon in…
Mimicking enzymes, chemists produce large, useful carbon rings
Drawing inspiration from nature, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have discovered an efficient way to wrangle long,…
Gene drives work faster than non-drive approaches to control problem insects
When controlling mosquitoes that spread malaria, gene drives, which force genetic changes to proliferate in a…