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Biodiversity highest on Indigenous-managed lands
More than one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction, according to a recent…
Overturning the truth on conservation tillage
Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment…
Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale
In a stunning photo, a wildlife photographer has captured a sea lion falling into the mouth…
Glimmer of hope as Italy battles 'olive tree leprosy'
Working in an arid Italian field of crumbly soil, agronomists are battling a rampant bacterium that…
An ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea route? Adventurers to test theory
Were the ancient Egyptians able to use reed boats to travel as far as the Black…
'80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short
An archaeological dig in Boston’s historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a…
'Love hormone' has stomach-turning effect in starfish
A hormone that is released in our brain when we fall in love also makes starfish…
Warmer winters could lead to longer blue crab season in Chesapeake Bay
Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are predicting that warmer winters in…
A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale
Palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large…