Research: Environmental DNA improves tracking of rare carnivores —
An innovative new project has discovered that animal footprints contain enough DNA to allow for species identification. Scientists have traditionally relied on snow-tracks...
Research: Blood-sucking flies have been spreading malaria for 100 million years —
The microorganisms that cause malaria, leishmaniasis and a variety of other illnesses today can be traced back at least to the time of...
Research: Newly discovered wasp turns social spiders into zombies —
It sounds like the plot of the world's tiniest horror movie: deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a newly discovered species of wasp transforms...
Research: Nations must triple efforts to reach 2°C target, concludes annual review of global...
Global emissions are on the rise as national commitments to combat climate change come up short. But surging momentum from the private sector...
Research: Whether herbivores increase or decrease plant diversity depends on what’s on the menu...
Cows eat grass. It seems simple enough. But just which kind of grass cows and their vegetarian comrades munch on can influence the...
Research: How the Atlantic Ocean became part of the global circulation at a climatic...
The scientists made this discovery when they compared neodymium isotope signatures of deep sea sediment samples from both regions of the Atlantic. Their...
Research: Extreme heat increasing in both summer and winter —
A new study shows extreme heat events both in the summer and in the winter are increasing across the U.S. and Canada, while...
Research: How ancient Mayan shell decor led to a new look at freshwater mussels...
The ancient Maya are not particularly known for their love of freshwater mussels. Mathematics, maize, pyramids and human sacrifice, yes. But bivalves? Not...
Research: Scientists lists characteristics that set Atlantic Coast leopard frog apart —
Months of old-fashioned scientific fieldwork -- more than 2,000 surveys of chirping frog calls, hundreds of photos of individual frogs and tiny tissue...
Research: Understanding the dynamics of dune formation —
Crescent-shaped dunes called barchans are structures that appear in a wide variety of environments, including beaches and deserts, riverbeds and the seafloor, inside...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
