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Half of seabirds are declining. Protecting marine flyways could help save them
25+ min ago (396+ words) Animals that cross borders often encounter conservation systems that stop at them. Migratory species move through jurisdictions with little regard for political boundaries, relying on habitats spread across large distances and governed by different rules. The result is patchy protection,…...
Foys to Blacktail Conservation Project Protects 1, 131-acre Parcel Next to Herron Park
37+ min ago (391+ words) The newly conserved property includes 12 miles of existing forest roads and trails, including the ridgetop trail connecting Herron Park to Blacktail Mountain What was once a 15-foot-wide ridgetop trail corridor connecting Herron Park to Blacktail Mountain now spans 1, 131 intact and…...
Genetic Dangers In Domestication
51+ min ago (377+ words) A new paper published in Trends in Genetics argues that domestication pressures could be contributing to a rise in "spliceopathies, diseases caused by errors in RNA splicing, a key molecular process that controls how genes are expressed. Lead author Associate…...
WVDNR wildlife specialist named West Virginia Wildlife Manager of the Year
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (457+ words) The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced that the West Virginia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has named Heath Miles its 2026 Wildlife Manager of the Year, according to a press release from the WVDNR. Miles, who oversees…...
The ancestors of mammals laid eggs
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (674+ words) carrollcountyobserver. com The ancestors of mammals laid eggs Did the distant ancestors of mammals, who lived 250 million years ago, lay eggs or give birth to young? The analysis of a Lystrosaurus embryo finally answers the question. It's a mystery that…...
Restoring Sydney's Lost Underwater Forests
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (522+ words) The Minns Labor Government has teamed up with the University of New South Wales to turbocharge a celebrated Australian restoration project that is bringing crayweed back to Sydney's coastline. The NSW Government is supporting UNSW's "Operation Crayweed" by licensing more…...
Rewetting peatlands plus biochar could turn major carbon sources into climate solutions
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (667+ words) image: Greenhouse gas removal in agricultural peatland via raised water levels and soil amendment view more Credit: Peduruhewa H. Jeewani, Robert W. Brown, Jennifer M. Rhymes, Niall P. Mc Namara, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones & Chris D. Evans A new study shows that combining water management…...
Turning waste into a solution: Biochar shows promise for cleaning uranium-contaminated water and soil
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (320+ words) Remediation of uranium-contaminated water and soil by biochar-based materials: a review Credit: Xinni Xiong, Juan Liu, Tangfu Xiao, Ke Lin, Yaole Huang, Pengyuan Deng, Haiyao Hu & Jin Wang Uranium contamination is an urgent environmental challenge with serious implications for ecosystems…...
Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indonesia's most diverse marine ecosystem
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (1163+ words) There's nowhere on Earth that has as many fish, corals and everything else packed into one small place," said Mark Erdmann, an American coral reef biologist who has spent more than two decades studying the region and became a central…...
289-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Found in Oklahoma: Everything We Know About the Discovery
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (331+ words) Your lungs are working overtime right now " probably without you even thinking about it. But the system powering every single breath you take? It's nearly 290 million years old. A jaw-dropping fossil discovery in an unlikely place just revealed exactly how…...