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The oldest tree in the world: Meet 'Methuselah,' a literal hidden gem.
USA Today· 18 hours agoTrees that have stood tall through extreme weather, pests, diseases and human interactions, for...
Researchers decode how elephants form "sentences," lending insight to their complex communication
Salon via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe ability to target visual gestures was previously shown from captive elephants towards a human....
Every death imperils their species. 2024 already holds triumph and tragedy.
USA Today· 3 days agoPregnant right whales migrate through commercial fishing grounds off New England and Canada and...
Rare monkeys: Folly Farm hopes tamarins breed to help save species
BBC News· 2 days agoThe pair, named Raquel and Raymond, have moved to Folly Farm on the recommendation of experts with ...
Witnessing the spectacle of synchronous fireflies is ‘like magic’
WUSF 89.7· 2 days agoThe species here in Congaree National Park is Photuris frontalis, also known as “snappy syncs,”...
Mississippi River refuges get $10 million for nature-based solutions to climate change
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBottomland forests, also called floodplain forests, are located along major rivers. As their name indicates, they flood seasonally when the river floods ...
Crows Rival Human Toddlers in Counting Skills
Scientific American· 4 days agoThe rock group Counting Crows were onto something when they chose their band name. Crows can indeed count, according to research published this week in...
Amid roadkill epidemic, California builds world’s largest wildlife bridge
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFor drivers, it’s a nightmare: This stretch of Highway 101 is known as the “highway from hell,” the...
A Flattened, Bloody Raccoon on a Highway Isn’t Just a Bummer. It’s a Dire Warning.
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSoon the starving herd had crashed from 2,000 animals to 800 skinny survivors. While midcentury...
Craters of the Moon has drawn people for many millennia. We know it as Tennambo’i | Opinion
Idaho Statesman McClatchy via AOL· 7 days ago“Translated as ‘Antelope’s Trail,’ Tennambo’i evokes the journey of our people guided by Tenna, the...