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What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

09.04.2024 40

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Are rainforests doomed? Not necessarily.

Last year, the planet lost 9.2 million acres of its tropical forest, an area a bit larger than the entire state of Maryland, according to new data...

04.04.2024 10

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Bird flu jumped to cows, then to a human. Who’s next?

Bird flu is, famously, a disease that infects birds. But on Monday, federal and state authorities reported that a person in Texas had tested positive...

02.04.2024 5

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Many coral reefs are dying. This one is exploding with life.

Once a year, after dark, a bit of magic happens in the ocean. In tropical waters worldwide, large chunks of coral — those colorful rocklike...

14.03.2024 20

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These two numbers prove how much we depend on wild animals

For those of us who live in a city or suburb and don’t farm our own food, it can be hard to understand how wild animals affect our lives. Natural...

06.03.2024 3

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Good news! Scientists are throwing a sex party ... for giant marine snails.

The sex life of a conch is, for a snail, quite thrilling. In the spring and summer, the queen conch — a large, ornate species of marine snail —...

05.03.2024 40

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This chart of ocean temperatures should really scare you

28.02.2024 3

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Is oat milk unhealthy? That’s the wrong question.

Is oat milk good or bad for you? That’s the question a bunch of recent news headlines have asked. I really hate that question. Obviously, how the...

25.02.2024 20

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We know how to save these beloved endangered whales. Yet we’re mindlessly killing them.

22.02.2024 20

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Scientists strapped cameras to a bunch of polar bears. The footage is breathtaking — and alarming.

Global warming is famously bad for polar bears. The reason is simple: Sea ice provides a platform from which these hulking predators can hunt seals,...

13.02.2024 3

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Beware: A cheese crisis looms

Camembert, I’m sorry to report, is in trouble. The soft cheese, which smells a bit like feet, is on the “verge of extinction,” according to the...

10.02.2024 10

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The Earth is getting greener. Hurray?

07.02.2024 20

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Is this a newborn great white shark? Big if true.

Spotting a great white shark only 1,000 feet from the beach is usually quite scary. On rare occasion, these apex predators, which can reach 20 feet...

31.01.2024 10

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Bats have a unique superpower. Climate change is turning it into a liability.

Not all bats are unbelievably, overwhelmingly adorable, like the one below. Many of them have wrinkly faces and large ears that help them “see” in...

30.01.2024 40

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Hawaii’s out-of-control, totally bizarre fight over stray cats

24.01.2024 9

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Something weird is happening to these Alpine goats. Scientists say it’s an ominous sign.

A day in the life of a goat in the Alps is, perhaps, as idyllic as it sounds. Wake up when the sun rises. Eat some grass and wildflowers. Rest. Go to...

17.01.2024 2

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Why saving old trees is weirdly controversial

In the dry mountains east of Fresno stands a pine tree that’s more than 4,800 years old. The tree, a bristlecone pine with a thick trunk and...

12.01.2024 1

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The ridiculously stupid reason the US is letting animals spiral toward oblivion

18.12.2023 2

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Welcome to the extinction capital of the world

14.12.2023 20

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Water-hungry golf courses plague Arizona’s native javelina-filled landscape

In the year 2023, you hear less about how nature is healing and more about how nature is fighting back. First, it was the orcas. A small pod of them...

25.10.2023 2

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These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.

20.10.2023 5

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It’s not just Paris. There’s a “global resurgence” of bedbugs.

On a brisk morning last month, the deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, stood in front of a French TV camera with a serious look on his face and...

15.10.2023 30

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It’s clearer than ever that we’re pushing the Amazon rainforest to its dreaded demise

No matter where you live on this planet, you need the Amazon rainforest. The largest tropical forest on Earth, the Amazon stores more than 120...

08.10.2023 6

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Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef

27.09.2023 90

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Devastating photos reveal how an extreme heat wave is wrecking Florida’s coral reef

21.09.2023 10

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Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.

18.09.2023 20

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America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it.

17.09.2023 10

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