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Environment Jan 15, 2024

Waste-eating worms could help reduce damaging greenhouse emissions from dumping food waste into landfill

Fertile Earth Worm Farm is the largest commercial composting operation in South Florida, diverting tons of food scraps from landfills and transforming it into dark, crumbly garden soil.

Plants & Animals Jan 8, 2024

California mountain lion population is thousands fewer than previously estimated

Scientists have completed the first comprehensive estimate of mountain lions in California, a vital statistic needed to shape puma-friendly land-use decisions and ensure that the predators can find room to roam, mate and ...

Plants & Animals Dec 13, 2023

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs rescued in San Diego

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs were recently rescued by the University of California, Davis' Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. ...

Plants & Animals Dec 5, 2023

'Friendly' hyenas are more likely to form mobs, research shows

After more than 35 years of surveillance, Michigan State University researchers are exposing some of the secret workings of mobs. To be clear, these mobs are made up of spotted hyenas.

Plants & Animals Dec 5, 2023

Study proposes new explanation for California anchovy booms and busts

New research from Scripps and NOAA scientists has discovered ecological correlations that could help explain the booms and busts of California's anchovy population. If the correlations hold up to further research, they could ...

Other Dec 2, 2023

Saturday Citations: Adorable kittens, violent pulsars, brand-new fusion reactor and a proposed giant cosmic void

This week in our wrap up, we lull you into a false sense of security with adorable lion cubs then ambush you with terrifying pulsars. We do this not out of a sense of malice but to prepare your mind for the possibility of ...

Plants & Animals Nov 30, 2023

Venezuela zoo welcomes three white lion cubs

A Venezuelan zoo this week welcomed the country's first three white lion cubs born in captivity, a boost for the genetically rare animal whose wild population numbers only about a dozen living in their native South Africa.

Plants & Animals Nov 13, 2023

Poachers beware: New online tool traces illegal lion products back to source

A new conservation tool from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is helping protect lions across Africa, where populations have plummeted in recent decades due to poaching and other factors. With the Lion Localizer ...

Plants & Animals Nov 8, 2023

Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change may trigger fights among predators

Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds.

Plants & Animals Nov 6, 2023

City and highway lights threaten mountain lion habitats

City lights shine all night amid the bustling traffic, businesses and neighborhoods of Southern California, one of the most populated areas that mountain lions call home.

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