biodiversity

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg at 74

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg at 74

Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, is the oldest-known wild bird on the planet. First fitted with a band in 1956, the Hawaiian seabird has laid her first egg in four years, according to United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials. Wisdom returned to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to lay what could be […]

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    ‘Coexistence Is Happening’: LA Mountain Lions  Change Their Hours to Avoid Recreationists

    ‘Coexistence Is Happening’: LA Mountain Lions Change Their Hours to Avoid Recreationists

    In a symptom of human development pushing native wildlife further outside their natural habitats, mountain lions living in the greater Los Angeles area have been changing the timing of their activities to avoid interactions with hikers, joggers, cyclists and other recreationists, according to a new study led by researchers at University of California, Davis (UC […]

    Biden Pledges Amazon Aid in First-Ever Visit by a U.S. President to the Rainforest

    Biden Pledges Amazon Aid in First-Ever Visit by a U.S. President to the Rainforest

    On a visit to Brazil on Sunday, President Joe Biden became the first sitting president from the United States to visit the Amazon rainforest. Biden promised funding to protect Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, and signed a proclamation making November 17 International Conservation Day, reported Reuters. During his four-hour visit to Manaus — the largest Amazon […]

    ‘These Organisms Are Like Sentinels’: Changing Oceans Threaten Plankton Species

    ‘These Organisms Are Like Sentinels’: Changing Oceans Threaten Plankton Species

    According to a new study, some plankton species may face changing environmental conditions by 2100 that could impact marine ecosystems and the ocean’s capacity for storing carbon. Planktonic foraminifera — single-celled organisms who live in seawater — are under threat from warming oceans, a press release from the Max Planck Society said. In tropical regions, […]

    Largest Known Coral Colony Discovered Near Solomon Islands

    Largest Known Coral Colony Discovered Near Solomon Islands

    The largest known coral colony in the world has been found in the southwest Pacific, near the Solomon Islands. Visible from space, the “mega coral” — a collection of tiny coral polyps forming one organism — could be over three centuries old, reported BBC News. The giant coral colony was discovered by a National Geographic […]