Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2023
Hard to bear: UK's only pandas return to China
The UK's only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Monday after spending 12 cubless years in the Scottish capital.
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Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2023
More than meows: How bacteria help cats communicate
Many mammals, from domestic cats and dogs to giant pandas, use scent to communicate with each other. A new study from the University of California, Davis shows how domestic cats send signals to each other using odors derived ...
Political science
Nov 9, 2023
Q&A: Is panda diplomacy over?
One of D.C.'s most famous families has officially left town. No, not the Obamas—the giant pandas at the National Zoo.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2023
Monarch butterflies appear to be everywhere these days. Is the crisis over?
The anecdotes abound this year—friends reporting magical clusters of monarch butterflies on their walks, dozens of organizations offering free giveaways of native milkweed, and projects to restore habitat, even a lone monarch ...
Environment
Oct 18, 2023
Research tracking map shows wildlife polluted by flame retardants on massive scale
More than 150 species of wild animals across every continent are contaminated with flame retardant chemicals, according to a new map tracking peer-reviewed research worldwide.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2023
Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem
The Antarctic Endeavour glides across the water's silky surface as dozens of fin whales spray rainbows from their blowholes into a fairy tale icescape of massive glaciers.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2023
Flagship individual animals found to boost conservation efforts
"Flagship" individual animals like Cecil the lion or Freya the walrus can boost conservation, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2023
'Cuter in real life': South Korea names its twin panda 'treasures'
South Korea got its first up-close look at its new pair of baby giant pandas Thursday at a name-revealing ceremony that doubled as an early celebration of the 100 days since their birth.
Evolution
Oct 5, 2023
Survival of the newest: The mammals that survive mass extinctions aren't as 'boring' as scientists thought
When an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, it set off a devastating mass extinction. The dinosaurs (except for a few birds) all died out, along with lots of the mammals. But some small mammals survived, laying the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2023
New findings on the albino giant panda in the Wolong National Nature Reserve
Four years ago, in a twist of fate, an all-white "bear-like" creature spotted in a nature reserve in China's Sichuan Province was identified by zoologists as the world's only albino giant panda. (The giant panda is classified ...
