Every year millions of birds travel without maps across mountains, deserts and oceans along a 9,000-kilometer invisible highway |
Every year, as the seasons change, millions of birds make one of nature’s greatest journeys. Some fly only a few hundred kilometers, while others fly thousands of kilometers without recognizing political boundaries or national boundaries. Instead,…
How do mangroves, Earth’s “blue forests,” protect coastlines, support wildlife and store four times more carbon than tropical rainforests?
Mangroves occupy only a small portion of the Earth’s land surface, but they are one of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. These salt-tolerant trees grow where land meets sea, forming dense coastal forests that protect coastlines from storms,…
Why humans are obsessed with resurrecting dinosaurs: Exploring extinction |
Image: left/Canva/right/Wikipedia Dinosaurs have always existed in the human imagination. Whether it’s through blockbusters like Jurassic Park or attempts to exterminate modern animals like the mammoth, the dodo, and the dire wolf, humans still…
40 years after the disaster, why foxes, bears and bison are showing up around Chernobyl again
Lancaster, In E.J. Swift’s novel When the Wolves Reappear, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy are extrapolated into the near future, where natural habitats are depleted and endangered. 40 years after the disaster, why foxes, bears and bison are…
Aligarh’s Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary gets global label, taking number of protected wetlands in India to 99
New Delhi: The Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh has been awarded the Ramsar International label, taking the total number of such protected wetlands in India to 99 and the total number of wetlands in the state to 12.There are…
This little-known country is 93% forest and is the world’s greatest environmental treasure | World News
A country hidden on the northeastern coast of South America is so green and lush that it seems like it comes from a fantasy world. Suriname, a country often forgotten on the world stage, has literally been ravaged by the forces of nature. While other…
Scientists finally reveal what’s hidden under the world’s oldest tree and it’s alive |
Deep underground in the temperate rainforest of Chile’s Alesse Costello National Park, an ancient conifer named Gran Abuelo has guarded a hidden secret for thousands of years. A recent study published in the journal Biodiversity and conservation…