Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way into organs.
Environment
Mar 25, 2022
8
7483
For almost 30 years they passed as quirky eccentrics, diligently setting up their insect traps in the Rhine countryside to collect tens of millions of bugs and creepy crawlers.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2019
28
39
Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 3, 2024
2
3604
It's not quite E=mc2, but scientists unveiled Monday a simple, powerful formula that explains why some animals run, fly and swim faster than all others.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2017
0
62
The northern Pacific near Japan and Russia is home for several different groups of orcas. They have no contact with each other, do not seek the same food, do not speak the same dialect, and do not mate with each other. How ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2023
0
1142
On April 29, the world's frogs are celebrated on Save The Frogs Day.
Ecology
May 1, 2017
0
42
New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial China, an unexpected finding that is raising questions about ...
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2021
9
1399
Families with higher carbon footprints are likely to consume more confectionary, alcohol and restaurant food, according to a new study published in One Earth.
Environment
Dec 20, 2019
15
5529
Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence.
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2023
1
1162
In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2020
1
566
