What is the world’s most Instagrammable bird? It turns out science has the answer. In a study published last week, researchers in Germany analyzed more than 27,000 bird photos posted on the popular social media platform to determine Instagram’s “most aesthetically pleasing bird.” Researchers concluded the surprising winner is the frogmouth, an unusual-looking nocturnal bird […]
By Federico Kacoliris The El Rincon stream frog only lives in hot springs at the headwaters of a small Patagonian stream. With just a handful of decimated populations remaining, the critically endangered frog is struggling to survive. Species name: El Rincon stream frog, also known as the Somuncura or Valcheta frog (Pleurodema somuncurense) Description: This […]
A backcountry guide has died after being mauled by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park. The guide, 40-year-old Charles “Carl” Mock, was attacked Thursday while fishing alone in a forested area near West Yellowstone, Montana, The AP reported. He died in the hospital two days later. Wildlife officials killed the bear on Friday when […]
By Michael Svoboda For April’s bookshelf we take a cue from Earth Day and step back to look at the bigger picture. It wasn’t climate change that motivated people to attend the teach-ins and protests that marked that first observance in 1970; it was pollution, the destruction of wild lands and habitats, and the consequent […]
Four gray whales have washed up dead near San Francisco within nine days, and at least one cause of death has been attributed to a ship strike. More whales than usual have been washing up dead since 2019, and the West Coast gray whale population continues to suffer from an unusual mortality event, defined by […]
By Muntasir Akash The smallest of the planet’s 13 otter species finds its habitat shrinking every day. We know little about these mustelids — especially in Bangladesh, where I conduct my research — but they face a horde of threats. Species Name and Description: The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) has a typical otter build […]
Invasive species are causing increasingly costly damage, new research finds. Exotic, invasive species, introduced by humans, wreak ecological and economic havoc in new habitats. In a study published in Nature, researchers found the costliest among these species are Aedes mosquitoes, rats, cats, termites and fire ants, Science News reported. “For decades, researchers have been evaluating […]
Several black bears appearing “friendly to the public” have been reported across the Sierra Nevada region recently, concerning biologists that a mysterious disease is causing the bears to no longer fear humans and potentially suffer an early death, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wrote in a statement. Over the past 12 months, […]
“How America’s most endangered cat could help save Florida.” As its headline promises, National Geographic’s latest feature on the endangered Florida panther explores the unspoken, symbiotic relationship between the big cats and the humans they must coexist with. The article also showcases intimate, rare photographs of the panthers, which took five years to capture. According […]
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