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Ecology Aug 29, 2022

Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds

Sitting atop the crow's nest of a small barge, the boat captain shielded his eyes from the July sun and pitched his gaze to the commotion below.

Plants & Animals Aug 24, 2022

Look up this spring and you might see little ravens build soft, cozy nests from your garden trees

Spring is nearing and birds will soon start nesting in trees in backyards across Australia. The trees in our garden are now 40 years old—not old by tree standards, but old enough to be among the tallest in our suburb, offering ...

Social Sciences Aug 19, 2022

Anti-Black racism linked to lower support for some gun rights

Racially resentful white Americans are less likely to support some gun rights if they believe Black people are exercising those rights more than white people, according to research published by the American Psychological ...

Space Exploration Aug 17, 2022

The mission to make longer-lasting space drugs

How do we make medicine last the extreme conditions of space exploration?

Social Sciences Aug 15, 2022

Holocaust Museum motivates visitors to create social change, study suggests

"Dark tourism" experiences—sites and museums associated with violence, tragedy and war—draw millions of travelers each year. New research suggests that exploring one of the darkest chapters in mankind's history—the Holocaust—may ...

Evolution Aug 8, 2022

Is brain fog limited to humans?

Is brain fog a condition limited to humans? "Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations," a recently published paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, answers that question. In a review of the studies, it explores ...

Ecology Aug 1, 2022

As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape

Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby pine darted overhead, ...

Earth Sciences Jul 26, 2022

How Minnesota's little, polluted Crow River clouds the Mississippi

Carrie Jennings flits around the South Fork Crow River like a water bug in the old one-seat canoe she bought years ago for $100, then pauses midstream to peer down at the brown water.

Social Sciences Jul 7, 2022

Racial apathy: Interracial contact may not reduce racism, says report

A new study has found a rise in racial apathy—in other words, not caring about racial inequality—among young white adults.

Plants & Animals Jun 22, 2022

Research team documents first crows to survive deadly West Nile virus

West Nile virus may no longer be a death sentence to crows. In a new study from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, wildlife experts describe successfully treating and releasing five American crows infected ...

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