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Plants & Animals May 20, 2024

After hundreds of years, study confirms Bermuda now home to cownose rays

For hundreds of years, the whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) has been considered the only inshore stingray species in Bermuda, until now.

Earth Sciences May 17, 2024

Microplastics may slow the rate at which carbon is pulled from the sea surface to the depths

It turns out plastics in the ocean do more than suffocate turtles, fish and other marine life.

Ecology May 17, 2024

At Thailand dive expo, fears for coral's future

Jakkapat Yodnil calls out to visitors at a diving expo in Bangkok, eager to share details of his shop's expeditions to the azure waters around the Thai island of Koh Tao.

Ecology May 15, 2024

Protecting wildlife begins with understanding how best to counter wildlife crimes

Global biodiversity is declining, and human activities are mainly to blame.

Plants & Animals May 13, 2024

Veterinarians team up with fishers to evaluate the health of accidentally caught sea turtles

Six out of seven sea turtle species are endangered, and humans are primarily responsible. Commercial fishing activities are the largest human-caused disturbance to sea turtles due to accidental capture.

Environment May 13, 2024

Tiny pieces of plastic pose one of the biggest threats to Chicago River wildlife and water quality

Wendella engineer Miguel Chavez climbed down a ladder and over a small dock to pull up a trap floating in the Chicago River near the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The size of a standard garbage can, the trap is designed to collect ...

Plants & Animals May 8, 2024

Saving the Mary River turtle: How the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species

Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.

Ecology Apr 30, 2024

'Bloodsicles', baths keep Philippine zoo animals cool as heat wave hits

A Philippine zoo is giving tigers frozen treats made of animal blood and preventing lions from mating during the hottest time of the day as a heat wave scorches the country.

Ecology Apr 30, 2024

Missing link in species conservation: Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction

As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one University of Michigan scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and pharmacists should be key players ...

Environment Apr 29, 2024

86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, 20-year study shows: And the plastic is 'just getting smaller and smaller."

Heads down and attentively scanning the ground, a small group of schoolchildren walked through an expanse of grass dotted with yellow dandelions and toward the concrete steps leading to Lake Michigan.

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