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Jul 09

Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio. Here’s what that means for insects everywhere

By Vicky Stein

Butterflies also act as big, flashy beautiful warning signs for environmental change.

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Apr 22

How these water fleas could save your water quality — and your life

By Vicky Stein

On this Earth Day 2019, we celebrate water fleas and ecologist Meghan Duffy. Duffy studies how these water fleas maintain healthy waterways and fight deadly diseases.

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Dec 09

Freshwater is getting saltier, threatening people and wildlife

By Tim Vernimmen, Scientific American

Road de-icing, industrial activity and other culprits are pushing salt levels in rivers and streams to alarming levels.

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Apr 19

PHOTOS: Inside the devastation of the Great Lakes — and the cautious recovery underway

By Alison Thoet

In "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes," journalist Dan Egan crafts a cautious yet hopeful narrative using history, reporting, and his own experiences to highlight the threats posed to the world's largest freshwater system.

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Dec 04

What humans can learn about immigration from Africa’s tiniest carnivores

By Rashmi Shivni

A new study shows it takes a little time before outsider dwarf mongooses will be trusted with a crucial job in a new group. But in these communities, immigrants are always welcome.

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Nov 26

The secret to turtle hibernation: Butt-breathing

By Jacqueline Litzgus, The Conversation

Here's the science behind how they do it.

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Jun 16

Your next happy hour buzz, brought to you by bees

By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs

Only two species of yeast --- ale yeast and lager yeast -- have been used for traditional beer brewing over the last 600 years. A lab in North Carolina may have found a third in the strangest place: On bees…

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Aug 28

How big is the world’s largest marine preserve?

By Corinne Segal

The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is set to become the largest ecological preserve in the world.

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Aug 27

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Obama to make marine preserve largest in the world

By PBS News Hour

An executive order issued Friday by President Barack Obama will make the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument the largest ecological preserve in the world, at more than 580,000 square miles. Matt Rand, director of the Pew Charitable Trust’s Global Ocean Legacy…

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Jun 16

This computer algorithm might be able to predict the next ISIS attack

By Nsikan Akpan

Want to stop an ISIS attack? Don’t start with lone wolves, according to new computer analysis of pro-ISIS groups on social media.

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