Nov 09 When scared, the crested pigeon screams with its flapping feathers By Rashmi Shivni The crested pigeon's mere act of taking frantic flight is enough to alert its flock of looming danger. Continue reading
Oct 27 Analysis: The thorny ethics of hybrid animals By Fedor Kossakovski Ligers, tigons and other hybrid animals sound fun, until you learn about their health issues. Continue reading
Oct 25 Even earless oysters 'clam up' over noise pollution By Teresa Carey In response to noise pollution, oysters snap close their shells, which could affect their growth, a new study reports. Continue reading
Sep 28 Tropical forests now emit more carbon than they soak up By Teresa Carey Due to human destruction, tropical forests, long considered to be "carbon sinks," now produce more carbon emissions each year than all U.S. cars and trucks combined, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Continue reading
Sep 27 How these 3 experiments went from goose egg to science gold By Rashmi Shivni Science projects that were once admonished for being too quirky, too convoluted or a waste of money get a second chance to prove their worth at Wednesday's Golden Goose Awards. Continue reading
Aug 31 Wetlands stopped $625 million in property damage during Hurricane Sandy. Can they help Houston? By Nsikan Akpan For the first time, a new study gives us a sense of how much property damage these natural habitats can prevent during severe storms like Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 6:54 B is for bug when preschoolers make nature their classroom By PBS News Hour In the age of standardized testing, screen time and what some see as a generation of excessively coddled children, a new movement of preschools is pushing kids outdoors, come rain or shine, heat or cold, to connect with nature and… Continue watching
Aug 11 When faced with pollution, these sea snakes shed their stripes By Teresa Carey Australian ecologists found turtle-headed sea snakes cope with excessively polluted waters by losing their white stripes. Continue reading
Aug 03 Why the first flowers may have looked like magnolias By Mario Vallejo-Marin, The Conversation An international team of botanists has achieved the best reconstruction to date of an ancestral flower. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch This mom leads young people on walks in the woods to prevent and heal from tragedy By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Boston’s inner city often sees a spike in violence during the summer, when many students are out of school and on the streets. But as special correspondent Tina Martin from PBS station… Continue watching