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These animals went extinct in 2019
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (1109+ words) The creatures that went extinct or likely went extinct in 2019 are as follows: 1. The Hawaiian snail Achatinella apexfulva: The last known member of its species, "George" died in a tank in a Hawaiian lab on New Year's Day. The species…...
Birds, bears, and migratory shorebirds carry an invisible biological clock that tracks seasons with stunning precision and climate change is starting to break it
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (471+ words) Before the first frost settles or a single tree sheds its leaves, a migratory bird is already gone — weeks ahead of any visible sign that seasons are turning. A bear, still surrounded by the last warmth of late summer, begins…...
Searching for a butterfly that may no longer exist
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (11+ words) Albuquerque Journal...
Who's Protecting the Turtles From the Sargassum Clean-Up?
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (158+ words) Environmental activists in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, are warning that heavy machinery used to clear sargasso from beaches is destroying marine life and worsening coastal erosion. Belize uses a similar method. Teams dispatch trucks to shorelines to load and haul…...
Bumblebees accumulate up to seven times more heavy metals than honeybees
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (724+ words) A bumblebee spends its day moving from flower to flower, gathering pollen and nectar that sustain its colony while helping pollinate countless flowering plants. Along with those valuable resources, however, the bee may also carry home tiny traces of toxic…...
Body temperature below 0 degrees—this animal is a mystery to doctors
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (262+ words) No other mammal survives at such low body temperatures—and could provide new insights for medicine. No other mammal can survive such low body temperatures as the Arctic ground squirrel. Its unusual state of winter torpor is now providing researchers…...
Birds collide with wind turbines, but butterflies avoid them. This Irish wind farm ended up becoming a sanctuary for a rare endangered species
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (622+ words) The turbine versus birds debate is still raging on. We want to use wind power to fight climate change, yet environmentalists are up in arms about bird strikes. It’s a real threat to birdlife, but climate change is a threat…...
Swift parrots in Lonnavale forest.
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (37+ words) VIDEO: Swift parrots in Lonnavale forest. ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation VIDEO: Swift parrots in Lonnavale forest. Sun 12 Jul 2026 at 3:19pm More ABC News video US strikes Iranian targets with precision munitions...
Weighing an octopus starts with a laundry basket
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (324+ words) Published Jul 12, 2026 3:15 PM EDT Just like nurses ask patients to step on the scale at their annual checkup, weight is an important metric in animal healthcare. Measuring some animals’ weight, however, isn’t as straightforward as it is for human patients....
In Oaxaca, some women walk up to 10 hours through the jungle to check camera traps that have captured images of jaguars, pumas, ocelots, and 24 other species of mammals
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (694+ words) Indigenous women trek forests and rivers to protect jaguars, turtles, and ecosystems across Latin America. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Across Latin America, some of the most important conservation work is happening far from conference rooms and glossy climate pledges....