Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in Palo Verde, El Salvador. When we got to the stone-paved part of the road, the driver slowed as the truck heaved up and down with ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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For tens of millions of people, migration is a tough reality. What causes people to migrate away from their home countries, and what happens when they do? Migrants and their labor are responsible for moving hundreds of billions ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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Almost one-third of people migrating to the US via Mexico experience physical, psychological, and/or sexual violence along the way, according to a study published August 21, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by René ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2019
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A toxic cane toad prevalent in Australia's tropical north has been captured near Sydney, sparking fears the invasive species could be adapting to cooler weather and spreading southwards, further threatening the country's ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2019
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The latest supplement to the American Ornithological Society's checklist of North and Middle American birds is being published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, and it includes several major updates to the organization ...
Ecology
Jun 24, 2019
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Scientists opened plastic storage bins to set 15 eastern indigo snakes free this month into a north Florida preserve.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2019
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Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo, where the playful pair will join a menagerie of rare big cat species.
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2019
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Defaunation—the loss of species or decline of animal populations—is reaching even the most remote and pristine tropical forests. Within the tropics, only 20% of the remaining area is considered intact, where no logging ...
Ecology
May 14, 2019
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Private equity firm Onex announced Monday its purchase of Canada's second-largest airline WestJet for about Can$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) including assumed debt.
Business
May 13, 2019
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The Ilopango volcano eruption (also known as Tierra Blanca Joven or TBJ) occurred approximately 1,500 years ago. Pyroclastics currents were dispersed over much of the present territory of El Salvador and a volcanic ash column ...
Environment
May 9, 2019
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