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Chernobyl Guards Have Befriended Abandoned Dogs, Feeding Them and Bringing Medical Care
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, guards watching for human trespassers are befriending and even caring for the descendants of dogs abandoned when tens of...
Monkeys Unite and Form Unlikely Alliances After Hurricane Maria Ravaged their Island
An interesting new study seems to indicate that monkeys increase the size of their social circles during times of strife or resource scarcity.
Researchers observed...
After Fatal Disease Arrives, Zoo Calls in the Only Team of Turtle-sniffing Dogs in the World to Help Out
In order to preserve a species threatened by an infectious disease, Saint Louis Zoo scientists have hired an elite team of sleuths—turtle-hunting dogs.
Saint Louis...
Common Heart Disease Drug Reverses Obesity By Targeting Inflammation in Mice – Raising Their Metabolism
It has long been known that obesity is an inflammatory disease, i.e. a chronic defensive reaction of the body to stress caused by excess...
Scientists Create World’s First Truly Biodegradable Single-use Plastic That ‘Eats Itself’ in Just 2 Weeks
Despite our efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U.S., and most ends up in landfill or...
Dutch Citizens are Using a “Doorbell” to Help Fish Pass Through the Canal Gate
Tasked with helping ensure Utrecht's canals remain full of life, and convincing everyone it wasn't an April Fools' Day joke, two ecologists in the...
Endangered Trout May Soon Return to Los Angeles
An ambitious restoration of the concrete drag strip that is the Los Angeles River could welcome back endangered southern California steelhead trout to one...
Falconry Saves Man from Life of Crime, Now he Helps Birds and At-Risk Youth Take flight
In spending his twenties dealing drugs in southeast Washington D.C. during the crack epidemic, Rodney Stotts would be the last person one would imagine...
A Morning Cup of Coffee Not Only Charges You Up, But the Leftovers Have Reinvigorated Forests
A jolt of coffee in the morning sets the world's workers right, but a new study shows that for trees, a bit of caffeine...
‘Like a Beautifully-tuned Instrument’: 2000 Microphones Unlock the Mystery of Why Hummingbirds Hum
The hummingbird is named after its pleasant humming sound when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become...
Woman Uses Old Tires And Turns Them Into Beautiful Playgrounds
Durable, cheap, and relatively safe, one young architect is utilizing some of India's 100 million yearly thrown-away tires to design colorful playgrounds for schools...
Woman Uses Lockdown to Teach Her Clever Dog Math And Colors With Homemade Flash Cards
Meet the clever dog that can count to ten, answer questions and even solve addition problems—in English and Japanese.
Monica Elkhalifa taught her six-year-old Shiba...
Genetic Code from 5,700 Year-old ‘Chewing Gum’ Reveals Extraordinary Details of Young Danish Woman
A 5,700 year-old lump of pitch from a tree provided intriguing details to archaeologists about the intimate details of a Stone Age Danish woman—and...
Biodegradable Algae Solar Panels Clean The Air While Growing Green Energy
What can generate clean energy, biomass for fertilizers, convert CO2 into oxygen, and be used in space? Algae.
Pursuing this incredible organism's potential is young...
Stray Dog Kept Sneaking Into Dollar Store For a Stuffed Unicorn – Now He and the Toy Have a New Forever Home
Shoplifting and petty theft are no laughing matter—except when the culprit is a cute canine kleptomaniac determined to liberate a certain stuffed purple unicorn...
After Massive Wildfires, DroneSeed is Replanting Forests 6x Faster By Using Special Drones
When a wildfire destroys the forest on your property, what are your options for restoring what has been lost?
DroneSeed will fly a squadron of...
Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
As a quadriplegic, Jon Ayers can't move his limbs, but his voice is filled with excitement. His eyes dart around his office, projecting the...
In World First, Key African Species Will be Relocated to Another Continent After it Became Extinct in India
A team of experts from South Africa and Namibia are helping to relocate a population of cheetahs to India in an ambitious restoration program...
This Teen Makes Tiny Bow Ties for Shelter Dogs to Help Them Look Spiffy and Get Adopted
For rescue pups to get adopted, they need to stand out from the pack. One teenage boy has made it his mission to make...
Island Overrun With Rats Completely Recovers in Only 11 Years After Ecosystem Had Been Decimated
Formerly known as ‘Rat Island’, this beautiful spot in the Aleutian islands has become a new example of how ecosystems can fully recover to...