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Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realizing it was an endangered red panda.

US bird populations continue alarming decline, new report finds

The release of the 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report was announced today at the 90th annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The report, produced by a coalition of leading ...

New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has been described in the journal Zootaxa. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning "pertaining to the forest," ...

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Hummingbirds in Andes Mountains found nesting in colonies, defying territorial norms
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Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, researchers say
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Many animal 'geomorphs' under threat, study warns
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Evaluating bat activity in winter: Southern forests provide a haven for bats amid disease threats
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Temperature during development influences connectivity between neurons and behavior in fruit flies, study shows
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Researchers use unique approaches to study plants in future climate conditions
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Australia's superb lyrebirds 'farm' the forest floor to increase their prey, a behavior rarely seen in nature
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A new name for one of the world's rarest rhinoceroses
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Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night—scientists are finally learning how they live
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Death by feral cat: DNA shows cats to be culprits in killing of native animals
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Hibernating lemurs can turn back the clock on cellular aging
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Plastic trash in bird nests documents the Anthropocene epoch
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Male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females before mating to prevent being eaten
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Rare frog rediscovered after 130 years
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Hungry little crabs may help control coral-eating starfish numbers
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Heliconius butterfly mating choices linked to simple neural change, which could speed evolution
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Growth rates of broilers contribute to behavior differences, shedding light on welfare impacts
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Do cats have 'friends,' or do they always vie for territory? Animal experts weigh in
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Engineered cell cultures boost anti-inflammatory compounds in endangered snow lotus
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Why a deadly parasite is not all bad news for bees in Australia

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Why does nature love spirals? The link to entropy
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Boosting the response speed of quantum LEDs via an excitation memory effect
Quantum Physics
D-Wave claims its quantum computers can solve a problem of scientific relevance much faster than classical methods
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Saturday Citations: A baffling discovery from Webb; the face of an early human; humans and dogs like to chill together
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Study finds chain-link fences reduce predator attacks on livestock
Space Exploration
Crew launch to ISS paves way for 'stranded' astronauts' return
Evolution
Genomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years ago
Astrobiology
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Quantum Physics
Quantum entanglement wins: Researchers report quantum advantage in a simple cooperation game
Paleontology & Fossils
Melanosome patterns in Mesozoic mammals suggest they had dark, uniformly dull fur coloring
Archaeology
Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Earth Sciences
Earthquake rupture patterns reveal Mamara fault directs considerable seismic energy towards Istanbul
Biochemistry
Protein accidentally lassos itself, helping to explain unusual refolding behavior
Bio & Medicine
Unveiling cancer's hidden messengers: How extracellular vesicles aid tumor spread
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Physicists use optical vortex beams to control atom ionization
Biochemistry
Color-changing fluorescent dyes enable precise temperature measurements within living cells
Astronomy
TOI-1453 c: A key sub-Neptune discovered in a system of two exoplanets
Environment
Smoke from wildland-urban interface fires deadlier than remote wildfires, study finds
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Understanding the origin of magnetic moment enhancement in novel alloys
Cell & Microbiology
Tapuy rice wine fermentation yields possible anti-aging superfood

Chameleon shrimp can adapt camouflage to invasive algae species

Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, green, brown or transparent.

Greasy hair gives polar bears fur with anti-icing properties

An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur—something that allows one of the planet's most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its most punishing climates. That ...