1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (344+ words) "I thought this was going to be an easy one, two, pick him up, get him out of there, but I was completely wrong." An owl's rough afternoon at an Indiana soccer field turned into a community rescue effort " and…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago  (390+ words) The tortoises are what ecologists call "ecosystem engineers." A conservation story is giving people a rare dose of hope about the Sahara. Five hundred tortoises were released into a severely degraded part of the desert, and within five years, satellite…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago  (513+ words) "Extreme hot weather is becoming more prevalent, even in cooler countries." A new bee study suggests heat waves may be doing more damage to pollinating insects than scientists had realized " not by killing them outright, but by quietly undermining their…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago  (493+ words) The rebound is already visible. The metallic green stag beetles of Lord Howe Island are once again appearing in the treetops, a striking sign that one of the world's most unusual ecosystems is recovering after invasive rodents were wiped out....

19+ hour, 22+ min ago  (542+ words) A new analysis circulating online offers a rare climate bright spot for one of the world's biggest countries. According to Dialogue Earth, China's coal-based electricity output and power-sector pollution declined last year, the first such drop in 10 years. There is…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago  (408+ words) Losing nests there would be "devastating" for a species that took decades to recover from the brink of extinction. A wildfire burning near a critical nesting area in Wood Buffalo National Park is raising alarm for one of North America's…...

21+ hour, 22+ min ago  (386+ words) "Without proactive intervention, the continued rise in extreme heat events could push already vulnerable koala populations closer to extinction." A new koala study is making waves online for a heartbreaking reason as researchers have found the clearest link yet between…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (450+ words) Rather than waiting for new construction, the program targets buildings where people already live and work. New York is putting $15 million toward cleaner-building upgrades in a move that could help make older homes and commercial buildings less expensive to run....

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (466+ words) A historically warm winter has left parts of Oregon's Willamette Valley with little to no snowpack, and federal water managers are now rethinking how they will operate 13 reservoirs before summer really kicks in. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Portland District…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (477+ words) The pivot comes as protein drinks continue to boom. Beyond Meat is trying a very different recipe for a comeback. After years of declining sales and a share price that has dropped from a 2019 high near $235 to less than $1 these…...