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A feather found in dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the dinosaur extinction
22+ min ago (1235+ words) Illustration of a tyrannosaur preying on an ancient diving bird. (CREDIT: Andrey Atuchin) A meal eaten by a dinosaur about 66 million years ago may have preserved a clue to one of paleontology’s biggest mysteries. Inside a small piece of fossilized…...
Trees Can Tell When They’re Crooked and Grow Special Wood to Straighten Themselves
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (367+ words) New experiments reveal a sophisticated posture-control system hidden inside living wood....
Mexico Reintroduced Bison into Precious Desert Ecosystem After Century-Long Absence
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (599+ words) A series of reintroductions have seen the bison return to a landscape in Mexico’s Chihuahua Desert after a 200 year absence. Having acted as ecosystem anchors for the vegetation is this vital biosphere reserve for millennia, their return is seen as…...
The Broad-winged Hawk
1+ week, 6+ day ago (25+ words) In September, one of the most-hoped for raptors is the Broad-winged Hawk. Among the earliest raptor migrants, Broadies fly in large flocks. Every fall, the...
Elstead reserve in Surrey sees 30 endangered water voles released
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (586+ words) Water voles have been functionally extinct since the early 2000s, Surrey Wildlife Trust said Surrey Wildlife Trust has introduced 30 nationally-endangered water voles to a nature reserve near Elstead. The release on the River Wey comes following a "successful" release on the…...
Dead seabird found with almost 900 pieces of plastic waste in its body
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (67+ words) The sable shearwater bird had 894 pieces of plastic inside its body when it died,...
In September 2026, AWC captured 48 red-tailed phascogales at Mt Gibson — more than double the 28 caught in 2024, and the most since reintroduction nine years ago inside 7,800 hectares
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (510+ words) A rare marsupial thought lost to the Australian bush is making an improbable comeback—one elusive capture at a time. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 16, 2026 · How we edit Mt Gibson sits on Badimia Country, in a…...
Maryland's Early Teal Hunting Season Opens September 17
21+ hour, 29+ min ago (148+ words) Maryland will open its fall teal-only hunting season Sept. 17-26 in the September Teal Hunting Zone. Shooting hours are one half-hour before sunrise until sunset, the daily bag limit is six teal (blue or green-winged), and the possession limit is 18 teal,…...
Rare wild dogs' epic journey confirms Africa???s ecosystems are still connected
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (692+ words) SOMEWHERE across the sun-baked expanse of southern Africa, three brothers set off on a journey that would eventually rewrite what scientists thought they knew about the resilience of the continent's wild places. By the time they were done, they had…...
Most of Minnesota’s gray wolf pups don’t survive first year, but population remains stable
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (937+ words) Only about 30 percent of gray wolf pups survive their first year of life even though the wolf population in the region remains stable, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota. The study was conducted from…...