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PG&E Says It Will Bury 10,000 Miles of Power Lines to Reduce California Fire Risk
To help prevent sparking California wildfires, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced a major new initiative to bury 10,000 miles of power lines...
This Beloved Alaskan Fish has the Lowest Carbon Footprint of Any Major Protein in the World
Off the pristine waters of Alaska, there is a harvest of an almost magical fish that everyone loves, but that maybe doesn't get the...
Teen Invents Clever Fire Extinguisher to Save Your Home When You’re Away – and He’s Donating All the Profits
A kid moved away from his friends and the familiarity of New Jersey to California, then immediately grabbed a local problem by the scruff...
Visit This Nightingale Thicket and You’ll Hear a Musician Singing with Them – WATCH the Duets
Chief among spring singing birds in the hearts of poets from Nottingham to Nangarhār, the nightingale features as prima donna in the music of...
Eyes of Robins Have Magnetic Field-Detecting Protein that May Be Long-Sought Migration Sensor
Birdwatchers may compliment each other by saying "you have the eyes of a hawk," but now they might want to say "you have the...
His Passion For Protecting the World’s Most-Trafficked Mammal Just Earned Him a Major Award
The 2021 winners of a major international environmental award have just been announced, and the list includes a Vietnamese conservationist who's known for his...
Invading Rats Were Finally Eradicated on 2 Galapagos Islands Thanks to Drone Partnership
Two years after a rodent eradication program began on two Galapagos Islands, conservations are excited to finally declare the lands rat-free—and drones, for the...
Google Flies in To Help Girl Scouts With Cookie Sales Shortfall – Delivering Thousands of Boxes Via Drone (WATCH)
In early April, Girl Scouts were experiencing a 50% shortfall in cookie sales, with reduced foot traffic and the pandemic limiting their ability to...
Biden Administration Takes Steps to Reinstate Migratory Bird Protections After Trump Rule Struck Down by Court
As bird-lovers celebrated World Migratory Bird Day on May 8, new science had already determined that in the last half century around 3 billion...
The Area of Forests Regrown Since 2000 Covers the Size of France, Potentially Absorbing a Full Year of U.S. Emissions
The naturalist John Muir once said, in regards to the passage of the law that protected Yosemite Valley, that as a result "every pine...
Rare Evidence Proves Birds Are Able to Change Their Culture to Become More Efficient
Birds are able to change their culture to become more efficient, according to new research from Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
In animals, “culture”...
Floating Dandelion Seeds Produce Vortex Not Noticed Before By Scientists
The extraordinary flying ability of dandelion seeds is possible thanks to a form of flight that has not been seen before in nature, research...
The World’s Oldest-Known Wild Bird—Named Wisdom—Hatches Another Chick at 70 (WATCH)
The world’s oldest known wild bird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, hatched another chick this season at age 70.
Every year, millions of albatrosses return...
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...
Bird Protectors Built a Giant Sandcastle to Ensure These Martins Have a Nesting Home For Years to Come
Conservationists realized they needed more than a bucket and shovel to build a 400-ton sand castle large enough to be an attractive home for...
‘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...
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...
Ancient Biblical Scrolls and Rare Coins of ‘Immeasurable Worth for Mankind’ Discovered in Desert Cave
Dozens of rare parchment fragments that are over 1,800 years old have been found in a remote cave in the Judean Desert.
“For the first...
Watch the Stunning Single-Shot Drone Video That is ‘Bowling’ Over Hollywood in 87 Seconds
A breakneck-speed tour of a Minneapolis bowling alley has seen millions of people watching—and even Hollywood impressed by the slick skills of the pilot.
The...
Underwater Robot Deploys and Lifts Victims to the Surface When They’re Drowning in Pool or Lake
Many swimming pools in Germany don’t have enough trained lifeguards—and in many places, this skilled labor shortage is leading to closures. The solution could...