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Pasture-cropping practice could improve degraded Texas grassland soils
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (756+ words) Pasture cropping, a relatively new and innovative land management system, integrates direct seeding of cool-season annual crops into dormant perennial warm-season grasses. It was pioneered by Colin Seis, an Australian farmer. Now the potential for implementation of the practice in…...
Snow leopards step out into the world " and other news in pictures
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (42+ words) The Times Snow leopards step out into the world " and other news in pictures "1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited access to all articles. Ends soon. Enjoy unlimited digital access....
A 700-year old Banyan tree in Bihar's Munger just entered history books, here's why
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (594+ words) For centuries, the age of India's ancient banyan trees has largely been a matter of folklore, local legends and historical records. Now, scientists have, for the first time, accurately dated one using radiocarbon analysis. A banyan tree in Bihar's Munger,…...
Meet the ocean's latest mystery: Costa Rican scientists may have found a new ghost shark
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (201+ words) SAN JOSE, July 4 " Costa Rican scientists may have discovered a new species of ghost shark in Pacific waters near Cabo Blanco and Cano Island. The latest discovery has a "shorter" snout, a "darker coloration pattern" and a "much longer spine…...
Australia welcomes draft UNESCO decision to keep Great Barrier Reef off danger list
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (289+ words) SYDNEY, July 4 (Reuters) " Australia welcomed a draft UNESCO decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered site, its assistant tourism minister "said on Saturday, despite ongoing struggles of the "world's biggest coral reef ecosystem with coral bleaching....
Fans urged to respect privacy of one-tonne seal who respects nothing
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (526+ words) The male elephant seal, known as Neil, has drawn a significant social media following his arrival on the Tasmanian coast. A one-tonne elephant seal has returned to his birthplace in Tasmania on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir " and…...
Volunteers counted just 9, 119 of them overwintering in California in the winter of 2024, 25, and the $6 billion figure economists found living inside their wings is something almost no one has priced in
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (824+ words) Every fall, something extraordinary moves across the American sky. Millions of orange and black wings beat southward, following invisible corridors through prairies and backyards, over highways and cornfields, all the way to the mountains of Mexico. Most people who see…...
Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (949+ words) Posted Jul 3, 2026 01: 20: 02 AM. In June, the bellowing and blubbery 5-year-old mammal hauled himself onto land for his twice-yearly tour of beachside towns in southern Tasmania state after months of feeding at sea. That's posing problems now that he weighs as…...
250-pound "rock" stuck in the swamp turns out to be a sea turtle in mortal need!
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (347+ words) Georgia " You really have to look closely here: what first looks like a dirty rock is actually an animal in mortal danger! In the swamps of Georgia, a sea turtle got stuck. This critter weighed more than 250 pounds! The Tybee…...
Residents, businesses asked to voluntarily conserve water
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (493+ words) Published 3: 40 pm Friday, July 3, 2026 The Town of Farmville is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce water use as continued dry weather has lowered water levels in the Appomattox River, the town's primary water source. On Friday, town officials announced…...