Scientists engineered bacteria to make stronger silk fibres using mussel protein fragments, boosting tensile...
Scientists have engineered bacteria to produce a silk-based protein using a surprising ingredient: a protein fragment from mussels. The approach combines...
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman-era pyramid tomb in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis; the small...
A rare pyramid-shaped tomb dating to the Roman period has been uncovered at Bir Al-Shaghala in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, revealing a...
A scientist turned an $80 motel room into a makeshift lab; then she discovered...
A scientist turned an $80 motel room into a makeshift laboratory during follow-up fieldwork in North Carolina after first spotting two...
Why reindeer eyes turn deep blue in winter and how it helps them see...
Reindeer eyes undergo a striking seasonal change that helps them cope with the unusual light of the Arctic winter. During summer,...
Dublin Bay had no native oysters for 200 years; 18,000 were placed in its...
For more than two centuries, native oysters were absent from Dublin Bay. That changed with a restoration project that is now...
Kenyan researchers are turning human poop from informal settlements into fertiliser; 1,000 farmers could...
Hope Ochieng and Charles Midega in the drying greenhouse at KIYA. Image Credit: Rebecca Nelson/Cornell Chronicle Kenyan researchers are turning human excreta...
this ohio solar farm is now home to 3 million honey bees across more...
An Ohio solar site is becoming a working landscape for more than just electricity generation. At Big Plain Solar in Madison...
In 2012, scientist Julian Bayliss spotted an untouched rainforest inside Mozambique’s Mount Lico on...
According to BBC Earth, Bayliss has spent years using satellite imagery and remote-sensing technology to locate environments that are difficult or impossible...
Mississippi River islands near Iowa have been disappearing; a $40 million project is now...
Mississippi River islands near Iowa are disappearing; $40M project to restore 630 acres of habitat (Image Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
Niger releases 8 North African ostriches into the wild after the species disappeared from...
Image Credit: Sahara Conservation Niger has released eight North African ostriches into the wild, bringing the species back to an area where...
A Zambian community is turning human waste from dry toilets into fertiliser as farmers...
PC: Czech-UNDP Partnership for the Sustainable Development Goals In Kashitu, Zambia, a project implemented by Přátelé New Renato and New Renato Community...
14-year-old Jia Mingxuan used plastic bottles and steel tubes to build a device for...
In northern China, newly planted trees can face a difficult start, with dry conditions and strong winds making it hard for...
A Pennsylvania landowner bought his homestead in 1988; decades later, he protected 230 acres...
Allen Jones and NPC Land Steward Sara Schlesinger at the Stillwater conservation easement, marking a shared commitment to conservation. Image Credit: Northcentral...
NASA astronaut John Young carried a corned beef sandwich hidden in his spacesuit aboard...
John Young and the preserved corned-beef sandwich displayed at the Grissom Memorial Museum in Indiana. NASA astronaut John W. Young secretly carried...
The US has returned 36 ancient Syrian artifacts worth more than $5 million; 13...
The collection also includes 14 mosaics taken from a Roman villa in Syria. Among the other notable pieces is a third-century BCE...
Tanzania planted 100,000 native trees along an elephant corridor; the 1,000 animals now have...
Male African Bush Elephant. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Tanzania has officially protected a narrow wildlife corridor linking Nyerere National Park’s savanna woodlands...
In 1984, NASA sent 12.5 million tomato seeds to space; in 1990 they had...
The seeds that NASA sent to space in 1984, returned to Earth six years later in 1990 and had to be...
California crews digging 12 feet below an Oceanside infrastructure project uncovered limb bones, ribs...
California crews uncover possible 45-million-year-old ‘thunder beast’ fossils in Oceanside (Image Credit: City of Oceanside) A routine infrastructure project in Oceanside, California,...
A Norfolk seal was rescued with 4 kilograms of fishing debris wrapped around her...
Donut was taken to the RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Center for emergency veterinary treatment. She is still in critical condition and the...
A female body part never reached books for a century because scientists thought it...
Women have been kept in the dark about more than just their abilities and history, they still don't know one of...
Colorado researchers grew the world’s most expensive spice on rooftop solar panels; harvested twice...
There are no limits to what a well-planned project cannot achieve and researchers in Colorado have proven it right. They have...
Indonesia’s rainforest regenerated for a decade; 43.8% of bird species increased, but trapping pressure...
A decade of forest regeneration in Indonesia’s Harapan Rainforest was linked to rising bird abundance, with 43.8% of bird species showing...
In 2019, California researchers used 1,500 volunteers to count seals and sea lions from...
More than 1,500 people helped researchers count seals and sea lions on California’s Año Nuevo Island by studying thousands of drone...
At England’s Studland Bay, replacing damaging boat anchors with eco-moorings cut scars in seagrass...
The eco-moorings used at Studland Bay are designed to avoid that movement across the seabed (Photo: National Trust via The Guardian) At...
Massachusetts restores cranberry bog to protect rare trout that moves between river and ocean
Massachusetts is restoring Century Bog, a former cranberry farm in Plymouth and Wareham, to complete protection of Red Brook from White Island Pond...
A brightly striped wasp spider has been recorded in Cheshire for the first time;...
A striking yellow-and-black spider has turned up in Cheshire for the first time (Image Credit: Chester Zoo) A striking yellow-and-black spider has...
Scientists found a new amoeba in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park that can reproduce...
The discovery also has implications far beyond Lassen Volcanic National Park. Astrobiologists study extremophiles to understand the physical and chemical boundaries within...
A solar-powered pump installed at California’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory in 2024 has removed...
The new setup can pump groundwater seven days a week, without relying on electricity from the grid or a generator. That has...
Scientists warmed a Colorado grassland for 29 years, but shrubs increased 150% while grasses...
Representative Image of a subalpine grassland transitioning from grasses to shrubs under warming conditions over 29 years (AI Generated Image) A 29-year...
Engineers dredged 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Mississippi River and used it...
For years, sand dredged from the Mississippi River was removed to keep one of America's most important waterways navigable. At one...
Engineers dredged 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Mississippi River and used it...
For years, sand dredged from the Mississippi River was removed to keep one of America's most important waterways navigable. At one...
Engineers dredged 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Mississippi River and used it...
For years, sand dredged from the Mississippi River was removed to keep one of America's most important waterways navigable. At one...
In 2013, astronomers discovered two rings around 250-km-wide Chariklo; nine years later, James Webb...
Credit: L. Maquet, Observatoire de Paris In 2013, astronomers discovered two narrow rings around Chariklo, a 250-kilometre-wide minor planet orbiting between Saturn...
David Beckham started keeping bees during lockdown and now produces his own honey; expert...
David Beckham took up beekeeping during lockdown, inspired by his son Cruz.Image credit: Millie Pilkington / Country Life David Beckham, the football...
Two dead stars orbit each other every 6.2 minutes; their orbit is shrinking faster...
Representative Image of a pair of white dwarfs orbiting closely, surrounded by a cosmic background and X-ray emissions (AI Generated Image) An...
For 29 years, scientists warmed a mountain meadow by 2°C; shrubs increased 150% while...
Representative Image of a subalpine meadow shifting from herbaceous plants to shrub-dominated vegetation due to climate warming (AI-generated image) For 29 years,...
A student built a particle detector for just $100; the pocket-sized device can track...
A device that can detect particles arriving from space does not necessarily require a multimillion-dollar laboratory. A compact detector developed by...
Solar farms with taller grass, wildflowers and hedgerows supported more birds; study recorded 35.1...
PC: Dr Joshua Copping/ University of Cambridge Solar farms can provide renewable electricity while also supporting wildlife when managed carefully. A study...
In 2001, California began removing non-native trout from high-Sierra lakes; by 2011 nearly 44,000...
High in California’s Sierra Nevada, a conservation project changed the future of a disappearing amphibian. In 2001, staff at Sequoia and...
Scientists turned carbon dioxide into high-performance polyester; the material can be chemically recycled into...
Carbon dioxide is abundant but chemically inert, which makes it difficult to turn into useful polymers. A study describes a closed-loop...
A planet 64 light-years away is sending radio signals; astronomers trace their source to...
Astronomers have reported the first direct detection of radio emission from an exoplanet, tracing the signals to the young gas giant...
Scientists tracked 925 pet cats across six countries; most stayed within small home ranges...
Pet cats may spend much of their time close to home, but their hunting can have a large local effect on...
‘Fire amoeba’: Scientists discover single-celled organism that reproduces at 145°F, setting heat-tolerance record for...
Incendiamoeba cascadensis can reproduce at 145°F, setting a heat-tolerance record for complex life. Image: NPR/Felix Mikus. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown...
Scientists grew lettuce, mustard, wheat, radish, tomato and peas on the ISS; their edible...
Nasa astronaut and flight engineer Kate Rubins checks out radish plants growing on the space station as part of an experiment to...
In 2021, researchers began placing concrete-block oyster reefs in bare eelgrass patches on Prince...
Representative Image (AI-generated) What started as piles of concrete blocks on the seafloor off Prince Edward Island soon became a magnet for...
In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish...
Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet. A major effort to remove invasive rice grass from Tasmania’s Duck Bay...
In 2004, Phillip Island launched a campaign to eliminate foxes after nine of its...
Phillip Island’s little penguins once faced a crisis that threatened to erase much of their presence from the island. By the...
Indonesia began restoring 159 hectares damaged by floods and landslides to rebuild habitat around...
The restoration covers a disaster-affected area in Aek Haminjon Village, Arse District, South Tapanuli Regency. Image Credit: KONSERVASI Indonesia Indonesia is restoring...
Meet Kelvin Doe: The 13-year-old who turned discarded materials into a battery, generator and...
At 13, Kelvin Doe was searching through piles of discarded materials in Freetown for things most people would have left behind....
Guyana planted more than 500,000 mangroves along its coast; 5 to 11 years later...
Turuépano National Park. Image Credit: Wikipedia Guyana’s mangrove restoration programme planted more than 500,000 seedlings along 8 km of coastline, and a...
