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32 of the loudest animals on Earth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBlue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are mostly solitary marine mammals... to depths of over 10,000 feet (3,050 meters), sperm whales are another whale ...
Earth Talk: Rhino populations
The Sacramento Bee· 1 day agoDear EarthTalk: How are the world's rhino populations faring these days? The rhinoceros, famous for its impressive size and striking horns, is one of the biggest land mammals in the world. Once ...
Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant
New York Times· 5 days agoLast year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists into a forest on Grande Terre, an island...
Why The "Sweet" Sound Of Cicadas Have Fascinated Humans For Millennia
Inverse· 4 days agoAround Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded ...
D-Day shipwrecks were a WW2 time capsule – now they are home to rich ocean-floor life
BBC News· 9 hours agoAmong the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line our coasts, burgeoning wildlife is thriving on...
Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It
The New Yorker· 2 days agoHolz’s days often include listening to the detailed worries and assessments of non-agreeing experts who devote their lives to thinking about biothreats,...
Voyager 1’s Revival Offers Inspiration for Everyone on Earth
Scientific American· 6 days agoNASA has reestablished touch with Voyager 1, the most distant thing built by our species, now...
How to Prevent and Remove Gophers from Yards and Gardens
Better Homes & Gardens via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlways follow local rules and regulations when trapping and relocating gophers and never use poison...
Mussels downstream of wastewater treatment plant contain radium, study reports
Science Daily· 5 days agoA pair of researchers from Penn State's Department of Civil and Environment Engineering (CEE) analyzed the composition of mussels downstream of a centralized treatment facility in Western Pennsylvania ...
Solar Storms Are Probably Messing with Wildlife Migrations
Scientific American· 6 days agoThe strength of Earth’s magnetic field changes throughout the day: “As Earth rotates, different...
