New York, January 15, 2024 – The Wildlife Conservation Society is issuing the following statement about H5N1 Avian Influenza due to ongoing wildlife die-offs across the world: Said Dr.…
Read more Urgent Message from WCS as the Avian Influenza Virus Threatens Wildlife Across the GlobeHomemade bird feeders These homemade bird feeders are a great way to give your local wild birds a real treat. You can make a bird feeder at any…
Read more Homemade bird feeders: easy DIY + 6 simple ideas – Growing FamilyIf you’re looking for tree jokes, tree puns, and tree proverbs, you’re in the right place. I’ve rounded up a bumper list of over one hundred tree jokes…
Read more 115 best tree puns and tree jokes for leafy laughs – Growing FamilyNewswise — Palm Springs Downtown Park is an inviting 1.5-acre urban oasis for residents and visitors to Palm Springs, a design-forward desert destination nestled along the base of…
Read more Local lens, global impact: Mini park tackles big climate worriesAbout a decade ago, BRI hosted a Bio Blitz at our River Point bird monitoring station in Falmouth, Maine. Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) Source link
Read more Science Is the Best (Local, Regional, National, Global) PolicyNewswise — Solar and wind power may be free, renewable fuels, but they also depend on natural processes that humans cannot control. It’s one thing to acknowledge the…
Read more “Energy Droughts” in Wind and Solar Can Last Nearly a Week, Research ShowsThis week’s featured article is “The Endangered Species Act at 50” by Tate Watkins. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits:…
Read more The Best of Reason: The Endangered Species Act at 50As the former superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park — and a 38-year career employee for the National Park Service — I have seen the undeniable benefits that…
Read more Opinion: California’s majestic desert must be preserved. This proposal can helpNewswise — Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage oil rigs. Using 700 years’ worth of wave…
Read more AI discovers formula for anticipating giant waves.The few requirements for primroses are easily met and are found in practically every garden. They do require shade throughout Mid-America, but this is always available on the…
Read more Growing Primroses the Guarantee WayA brand new lizard species with a hieroglyphic pattern on its back has been discovered among the sand dunes in eastern Iran. The discovery, which was detailed in…
Read more New species with “hieroglyphic” pattern discovered among sand dunesMy Brooklyn apartment is designed for sterility. The windows have screens to keep out bugs; I chose my indoor plants specifically because they don’t attract pests. While commuting…
Read more A Life Without Nature Is a Lonely One“I’m all for conservation,” Frank Ribelin, a landowner outside Austin, Texas, told U.S. News & World Report two decades after passage of the Endangered Species Act, “but I’d like to club…
Read more The Endangered Species Act at 50Newswise — Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which…
Read more Birds in the desert lay bigger eggs with increased helpers.Newswise — To slow the effects of climate change, conserve biodiversity, and meet the sustainable development goals, replanting trees is vital. Restored forests store carbon within the forest’s…
Read more Diverse forests store 70% more carbon than monoculturesNewswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – An analysis of beeswax in managed honeybee hives in New York found a wide variety of pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues – exposing…
Read more Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides detected in New York state beeswaxNewswise — Making decisions is hard. Even when we know what we want, our choice often leaves something else on the table. For a hungry mouse, every morsel…
Read more Mice’s Eating and Drinking Preferences Explored.By: Bill Wellock | Published: October 31, 2023 | 8:20 am | SHARE: Newswise — New research led by a Florida State University professor shows that potential adaptive…
Read more FSU-led research shows shifting nesting timing not enough to prevent fewer sea turtle hatchlingsNewswise — AUSTIN, Texas — Long before Antarctica froze over, rivers carved valleys through mountains in the continent’s east. Millions of years later, researchers have discovered a remnant…
Read more UT-Led Aerial Surveys Reveal Ancient Landscape Beneath East Antarctic Ice SheetNewswise — On paper, Powassan virus sounds like your basic nightmare. A tick-borne infection with no vaccine and no cure, it kills 1 in 10 people who get…
Read more Powassan Virus: What to Know about this Rare Tick-Borne Disease
