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We know better than ever how to help endangered birds, with notable conservation successes.
Brain area that stimulates appetite could be a target for eating-disorder therapies.
Suing governments and fossil fuel companies is a key tool in the climate change battle.
Next-gen gear on delayed Martian rover may help answer the question of life on Mars.
How do frogs and other amphibians survive their own noxious weapons?
Higher levels of carbon dioxide are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees, and kelp.
Insects move in, alders and willows spring up, and spawning fish arrive in thousands.
Individual behavior patterns may skew studies, but a new approach could help.
Several projects are underway in the region to produce this clean energy source.
Hundreds of cannabis-related chemicals now exist, inspiring researchers—and users.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.
Researchers are investigating medicines that selectively kill decrepit cells.
Scientists are just beginning to study the impacts of beaver dams on the tundra.
Genomes of cetaceans help tell story of mammals who returned to life aquatic.
Humanity's love affair with cement and concrete results in massive CO2 emissions.
Many urban-dwelling birds have modified their songs in response to human-generated noise.
Swirling plasma around its edges will reveal more about galaxy’s history, evolution.
Replacing gasoline with ethanol has changed landscapes across the globe.
Modern hunter-gatherers offer insight into how our distant ancestors ate.
Checking whether plant-based burgers may have lighter environmental footprints.
Evidence suggests eagle was part of a wave of feathered invaders.
Researchers have proposed a variety of theories to explain symptoms of COVID long-haulers.
At the end of their lives, sunlike stars metamorphose into glowing shells of gas.
Warming, wildfires, and unpredictable weather are disrupting the winemaking process.
Were organelles a driving force or late addition in the evolution of cells like ours?
Scientists are watching to see how bears will tweak their habits as the climate warms.
Museums hold billions of biological specimens, many of which still contain DNA.
ACs and refrigerators help keep people safe—but they also further warm the planet.
Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered.