Research: The secret behind coral reef diversity? Time, lots of time —
Strap on a diving mask and fins and slip under the crystal-clear water near a coral reef in Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea or the...
Research: Yellowstone streams recovering thanks to wolf reintroduction —
In the first study of its kind, research by Oregon State University scientists shows that the return of large terrestrial carnivores can lead...
Research: Geologist investigating 310 million-year-old fossil trackway from ancient reptilian creature —
A geology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has discovered that a set of 28 footprints left behind by a reptile-like...
Research: What could cause the Mississippi Bight to become hypoxic? —
Coastal regions with low dissolved oxygen (known as hypoxia) can lead to poor water quality and harm regional fisheries. These areas of low...
Research: Microbiome implicated in sea star wasting disease —
The culprit might be many microbes. Since 2013, a gruesome and mysterious disease has killed millions of sea stars along the West Coast...
Research: Social network helps birds pick best way of using thermal updrafts —
A new study has revealed how vultures use their very own social networks to work out the best way to take advantage of...
Research: Orangutans spontaneously bend straight wires into hooks to fish for food —
The bending of a hook into wire to fish for the handle of a basket is surprisingly challenging for young children under eight...
Research: Rare three-species hybrid warbler —
Scientists have shown that a bird found in Pennsylvania is the offspring of a hybrid warbler mother and a warbler father from an...
Research: After a bad winter in the ocean, female Magellanic penguins suffer most, study...
Every autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins leave their coastal nesting sites in South America. For adults, their summer task -- breeding,...
Research: Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold...
In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to keep up. From the mid-Oligocene, roughly 30 million...
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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...
