10+ hour, 35+ min ago  (467+ words) Ancient microbes may have helped preserve a pterosaur fossil and its chemical clues for more than 100 million years. An international study led by Curtin University has shed new light on how a prehistoric flying reptile fossil remained exceptionally well preserved…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (419+ words) Rare fin whale Conservationists are investigating the rare stranding of a female fin whale along the Greater Dyer Island coastline. Cape Town conservationists are investigating the rare stranding of a female fin whale along the Greater Dyer Island coastline after…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago  (116+ words) Trusted outdoor news for mountain towns, public lands, national parks, and wildlife safety. The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center and Glacier National Park are inviting volunteers for a day of hands-on learning during the 16th Annual Noxious Weed Blitz…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago  (747+ words) Like all invasives, cheatgrass is a surrounding threat to native vegetation, but not just because of overgrowth that chokes them out by depleting soil nutrients. It enhances the grass fire cycle by'drying out faster than other grasses, producing a dense…...

45+ min ago  (312+ words) As the planet warms, animals living in tropical mountains may find it increasingly difficult to shift to new areas, according to a new study. Tropical mountains are particularly at risk when the impacts of climate change combine with changes in…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1028+ words) Strange 'hobbits' of Indonesia didn't hunt elephants after all, or cook them, says new paper, supporting theory of deeply archaic ancestry. How many hominins left Africa? Who exactly was Homo floresiensis, the strange miniature hominins that once lived on the…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (780+ words) An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones suggests that Homo floresiensis was neither a skilled hunter of big game nor a master of fire Homo…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (470+ words) Background: The importance of tropical moist forests for the global carbon cycle New, large-scale meta-analysis synthesises data from 146 studies The research team compiled data from 146 studies on tropical rainforests since 1988, thereby providing one of the most comprehensive and differentiated assessments…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (458+ words) The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals. The diminutive, now-extinct humans known as the "hobbits" were scavengers who dined on dwarf elephants after Komodo dragons took the best…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (830+ words) A landmark conservation initiative aimed at saving the iconic curlew from extinction in Ireland has been launched on an island in Lough Corrib. Twenty curlew chicks, artificially incubated at Dublin Zoo from eggs taken from the Yorkshire Dales in England,…...