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Plants & Animals Jul 9, 2024

A wildlife park has scrapped koala cuddles. Is it time for a blanket ban?

A popular wildlife park in Brisbane has announced it will no longer offer "koala holds", prompting questions about whether other captive animal facilities should follow.

Plants & Animals Jul 8, 2024

The latest crocodile attack is tragic—but the Northern Territory doesn't have a croc problem, says researcher

Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory.

Ecology Jul 1, 2024

What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds

Grassy box gum woodlands once covered millions of square kilometers in southeastern Australia, but today less than 5% remains. The loss of large old trees has been a crisis for the many species of birds and other animals ...

General Physics Jun 28, 2024

New NOvA results add to mystery of neutrinos

The international NOvA collaboration presented new results at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan, Italy, on June 17. The collaboration doubled their neutrino data since their previous release four years ago, including ...

Social Sciences Jun 28, 2024

Study finds motivation to compete is stronger with in-group members than with outsiders

Humans not only cooperate, but also compete more with in-group members than with out-group members and strangers, a new cross-country social-psychological study shows. This 'nasty neighbor effect' came as a complete surprise ...

Plants & Animals Jun 27, 2024

Invasive ants spread by hitchhiking on everyday vehicles

Insects are masters of transportation and get around by flying, crawling, swimming, burrowing, and even gliding. Now, ants have been observed using a new method of getting around: hitchhiking. These social insects pack up ...

Ecology Jun 26, 2024

In Colombia, a long, perilous romance to save the harpy eagle

Wounded and wary, the young couple appear to be into each other: their arranged romance, years in the making, is aimed at preserving the rapidly disappearing harpy eagle, one of the world's largest raptors.

Plants & Animals Jun 21, 2024

Saving the woodrats: Zoo raises endangered species for wild release

Inside a hallway of the veterinary hospital at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, a popular new program plays 24/7 on a computer screen.

Plants & Animals Jun 18, 2024

Study shows fish may use punishment to promote help from their offspring

While there is an increasing consensus among humans that corporal discipline of children does more harm than good, fish may disagree.

Economics & Business Jun 10, 2024

Study suggests disproportionate number of the most innovative CEOs hail from US counties with a frontier history

Biographies of Jeff Bezos don't make much of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although the founder and executive chairman of Amazon lived there from birth until his teenage years, the Duke City is mainly treated as a humble backdrop ...

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