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Plants & Animals Dec 19, 2023

Study finds pandas are more socially active than previously thought

Pandas, long portrayed as solitary beasts, do hang with family and friends—and they're big users of social media. Scent-marking trees serve as a panda version of Facebook.

Soft Matter Dec 16, 2023

From 'liquid lace' to the 'Drop Medusa,' researchers compete for the best image of fluid flow

Each year at its annual meeting, the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics sponsors a contest for the best images in a variety of categories, all related to the flow of fluids.

Plants & Animals Dec 13, 2023

Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub

Singaporeans bid farewell to a two-year-old panda cub on Wednesday as authorities prepared to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program.

Plants & Animals Dec 11, 2023

Nature and animal emojis don't accurately represent natural biodiversity: Researchers say they should

The current emoji library doesn't accurately represent the "tree of life" and the breadth of biodiversity seen in nature according to an analysis presented December 11 in the journal iScience.

Environment Dec 9, 2023

Climate 'tipping points' can be positive too—our report sets out how to engineer a domino effect of rapid changes

A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He's bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet against the table frame, tip his chair onto its back legs, ...

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.

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.

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