1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (463+ words) Out in the wild waters of Indonesia, zebra sharks are extremely rare. Overhunted, these striped bottom dwellers were at risk of going extinct. After 3 years of foundational work, an international consortium of 60 aquariums in 15 countries that banded together to create…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (688+ words) Hidden secrets of the narwhal’s twisted tusk have been revealed using the latest X-ray technology. Tusks of the species of whale native to the Arctic have long been the subject of myths—even being sold as ‘unicorn horns’ and believed…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (338+ words) French energy supermajor TotalEnergies recently inaugurated the largest hybrid renewable energy project in Africa that will generate 400 gigawatt-hours of electricity in South Africa. Developed and built with partners Hydra Storage Holding and Reatile Renewables, the facility will supply 75 MW of…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (512+ words) It was June 23rd when a furry brown arrow shot past a motion-activated camera along the Bronx River and sent conservationists mad with excitement. It was the first time in approximately 100 years that an otter was observed in this borough of…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (354+ words) The last time a white stork nested in Derbyshire in the English Midlands region, the country’s King Henry VI was declaring war against the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of France, while an independent Venice won a war against…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (454+ words) Expected to see 10 to 18 inches of sea level rise over the next 25 years, the city of Boston and the US Army Corps of Engineers have released a feasibility study for 20 separate infrastructure projects to protect the historic city’s coastline. The…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (672+ words) The production of cement ranks as one of the world’s largest industrial sources of CO2, but now a new study shows how in the future it could be used to remove, rather than produce the greenhouse gas. Every year, around 4 billion…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) Along California’s redwood coast, conservationists have been working for more than a decade to give a damaged creek something surprisingly simple: room to behave like a creek again. Prairie Creek is one of the last refuges for three threatened species…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (633+ words) For caregivers of children living with chronic or rare lung diseases, monitoring their condition presents an uncomfortable tradeoff: Repeated scans can be valuable, but they can also expose patients to radiation. Now, a rapidly advancing form of MRI is offering…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (405+ words) Fifteen years ago, conservationists began releasing rescued orangutans into a protected forest in Sumatra where no others from their species were living. Some arrived had been in human care after being orphaned. Others had been rescued from conflict situations or…...