I spy with my little eye: 3 unusual Australian plant ecosystems to spot on your next roadtrip
Australia’s environment is brutal. If you don’t already know what you’re looking for, it can be easy to miss these seemingly ...
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Animals secretly reshape landscapes in powerful ways
Salmon rearrange the gravel in streams when they prepare spawning sites, creating areas known as redds. This digging changes ...
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This desert wetland in Mexico is a critical habitat. A diverse group is coming together to save it
Laguna la Cruz on the Gulf of California coast in Sonora, Mexico, is an important stopover point for many migratory species.
Presumed extinct, this desert rat-kangaroo may still be alive in hiding. New analysis reveals its delicate diet
When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert ...
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania's homes and history
An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...
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An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history
An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert CHINGUETTI ... humans and animals to survive.
‘Devil’-like flower with ‘horns’ found in Texas is new species. Its location is secret
A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...
Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels
Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...
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An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct. A fossil could offer clues
With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, ...
Plants' heat stress strategies offer insights for survival in warming climate
As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat ...
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As solar farms sprout up in Southern Nevada, concern for desert tortoises grows
Solar projects in the Mojave Desert are becoming more ... “All these animals are just disrupted,” she said. “And their ecosystem is disturbed and damaged, and they have to fend for ...