Honeybees found to be less effective pollinators than native species

A pair of ecologists with the University of California has found that honeybees are not as…

Squid-inspired soft material is a switchable shield for light, heat, microwaves

With a flick of a switch, current technologies allow you to quickly change materials from being…

Researchers unearth the mysteries of how Turkey's East Anatolian fault formed

An international team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has, for the first time,…

Foreign firefighters come to the rescue in Canada's wildfires

Hundreds of international firefighters who are helping overwhelmed Canadians battle unprecedented wildfires face a complex task…

Got weeds? US environmentalists call in the G.O.A.T.s

The landscaping squad of Mocha, Wynonna, Nelson and Beckham yank out weeds at a Texas park.…

Senegalese go wild for prized 'maad' fruit

Outside a bustling fruit market in Senegal’s Dakar region, three trucks are blocking the road while…

Israel enlists drones, AI and big data to farm for the future

As climate change and global population growth pose ever greater challenges for agriculture, Israeli technology offers…

Prisoners in Bolivia trading rare jaguar parts for fashion items, researchers discover

Prisoners in Bolivia are trading in jaguar skins and other wild animal body parts to produce…

College sues for damages, saying cleaner turned off lab freezer and destroyed research

More than 20 years of cell cultures and other specimens stored at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…

Apparent new orca calf spotted in endangered pod near British Columbia

A baby orca has apparently been born to an endangered killer whale population in the Pacific…