The fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises
KYLEAKIN, Scotland — Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye,…
Destructive bottom trawling in Scotland despite promises to protect oceans
KYLEAKIN, Scotland (AP) — Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of…
Biomechanical limits of hopping in the hindlimbs of giant extinct kangaroos
Specimens All species included in this study were macropodiforms; the bone measurement dataset encompassed all extant families and…
Ocean changes could weaken sharks’ teeth, knocking them down food chain
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on…
Rare cheetah mummies found in Saudi caves
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia.…
Projected human land-use pressures and natural habitat conversion risk within global terrestrial protected areas
Protected Planet Report 2020 (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, 2021). Pringle, R. M. Upgrading protected areas to conserve wild biodiversity.…
Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets
UNEP. State of Finance for Nature 2023 (UNEP, 2023). Kedward, K., zu Ermgassen, S. O. S. E., Ryan-Collins,…
Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes
Sebé-Pedrós, A. et al. The dynamic regulatory genome of capsaspora and the origin of animal multicellularity. Cell 165,…
Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains
The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda sleeps for roughly 8 hours a day.Credit: Shahar Shabtai/Alamy Neither jellyfish nor sea…
Rare whale species sees more babies, yet extinction fears persist
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than…
Elk Country Visitor Center programs in January | Local
BENEZETTE — The Elk Country Visitor Center will host public programs in the month of January 2026. Saturday,…
Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments
Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans…