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Gray wolves to be reintroduced to Colorado in unprecedented vote

Voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative to reintroduce wolves into the southern Rockies, where there’s plenty of suitable habitat. A wolf in Yellowstone. Research has shown gray wolves have benefits for the environment, though their reintroduction is controversial, and routinely … Continue reading

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Letter from Johannesburg

Green medicine: Yewande Omotoso’s apartment is slowly being taken over by plants, much to her delight.   Johannesburg gets a bad rap for being kilometre upon kilometre of concrete. However, with some five million planted trees it is actually one of … Continue reading

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What Would We Experience If Earth Spontaneously Turned Into A Black Hole?

If a black hole were to appear between the Earth and an observer, the Earth would appear gravitationally lensed in a fashion similar to this, dependent on the Earth’s position relative to the black hole and the observer. If a … Continue reading

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THE BANDA ARC, Life in Alor and the Banda Sea (4k)

WARNING: If you don’t like Sharks, Snakes or Tentacles, this film isn’t for you 🙂 Filmed and edited by Marcelo Johan Ogata

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Why Do Humans Like to Get High?

We’ve told you before that there really isn’t any evidence that animals consume mind-altering substances because they feel good to them. This makes it appear that the fondness for psychoactive drugs is, pretty…human. What is it about our species that … Continue reading

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Study Finds 5 Distinct Dog Types From 11,000 Years Ago – ScienceBlog.com

An international team of researchers that includes a Texas A&M University professor has studied the lineage of dogs and found that there were at least five different types of dogs as far back as 11,000 years ago. Anna Linderholm, director of … Continue reading

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Birds that Hibernate in Lakes?!

MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth’s environment — in just a few minutes! References Preuss, N.O. 2001. Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen: aspects of his life and of the history of bird ringing . Ardea 89(special … Continue reading

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Weather Photographer of the Year Winners Celebrate Nature’s Beauty | My Modern Met

“Blizzard” by Rudolf Sulgan. Overall winner. “Global warming is the primary cause of the current sea-level rise. As a result, hundreds of millions of people living in coastal areas will become increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Higher sea levels would force … Continue reading

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Bird Migration on Merchant Ships

 

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