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May 18

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From Mt. St. Helens’ volcanic ashes, Mother Nature rebuilds

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Mar 21

Tourist photos trace the fall and rise of Swedish seabirds

By Nsikan Akpan

Amateur photography is an untapped resource for ecology research, according to a new study from Sweden.

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Dec 03

Want to help control invasive species? Eat a bullfrog.

By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix

A group in Oregon says major invasive predators like the bullfrog can become less of an ecological threat if people literally brought them to the table.

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Jun 09

16 animal selfies that capture life in the Serengeti

By Catherine Woods

Researchers set up 225 cameras across more than 400 square miles of the Serengeti region in northern Tanzania. The cameras captured it all from monkey selfies to a gazelle family portrait.

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May 12

Smithsonian’s mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites

By Nsikan Akpan

Think your freeloading kid is bad? Black-crowned night herons have crashed at the Smithsonian National Zoo each summer for over a century.

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Sep 04

What happens to a marsh when sea levels rise?

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

What happens to a 2,000 year-old marsh when sea levels rise? Scientists have been studying the Plum Island Estuary to find out.

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Aug 03

Following ‘Rim Fire,’ what should be done with the trees left behind?

By Xander Landen

A year after a California wildfire known as the “Rim Fire” burnt through over 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forests, environmentalists and loggers are debating what to do with the blackened woodland it left behind. The timber industry believes…

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May 16

Recycled water in Arizona staves off drought

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

The city of Tucson expects to use up its drinkable water by 2030. Civil engineers are redesigning the city's water system to recycle waste water to use every last drop.

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May 14

Poking cells, solving mysteries and other reasons scientists love basic research

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Scientists and engineers frequently seek solutions to specific problems. But the goal -- and challenge -- of basic research is to tackle broad questions without an immediate application in mind. As part of our ongoing series on the subject, PBS…

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May 13

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NewsHour asks: why do you choose basic research?

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