Nature

Eye in the sky watching Arctic blooms

Image Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE Every spring, as Arctic sea-ice retreats with rising temperatures, large swathes of the sea are re-exposed to the...

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Why biodiversity really does matter

Biodiversity is a green buzzword; something that we should work to protect, but, is biodiversity important for human survival? The answer, according to the latest research, is a resounding yes....

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Bumblebees: Gone with the Wind? A Major Disappearance

Bumblebees, also known as Bombus terristris, are the pollinating cousins of wasps and hornets. They are the number one pollinator for wild growing plants as well as commercial agriculture; you...

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Lions under growing threat from U.S. hunters

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Born Free Foundation, in conjunction with several other organisations, have petitioned the U.S. government to list African lions as Endangered under the U.S....

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Listening to the pulse of the natural world

Purdue Agricultural Communication photo - Tom Campbell It’s not often that a whole new area of science can be reported, but if Purdue University associate professor Brian Pijanowski gets his...

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