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Australia Sets Aside 30% of Land Mass to Protect its Unique Species
Joining the United States and a number of other countries, Australian officials have committed to preserve 30% of the continent's landmass in a natural...
He Invented a $2 Paper Microscope For Remote Lab Work So Scientists Don’t Have to Haul Heavy Equipment
A young scientist who worked in the jungles of Thailand has been awarded a national prize for his invention of a $2 paper microscope...
Australia’s Ocean Kelp Forest is Growing at Light Speed–Rivaling the Mighty Amazon for Absorbing CO2
Great forests of ocean kelp were found in a recent study to be between 4 and 11-times more productive than the most productive crops...
Evidence of Amputation in Prehistoric Times Shows Patient Surviving for a Decade–Proves Medical Expertise Existed
A child that lived in Borneo 31,000 years ago had its left foot amputated and survived for up to nearly a decade.
It is the...
Canada Schoolteacher Finds Fossil that May Be 300 Million Years Old and Could Re-Write Fossil Record
A discovery which paleontologists are calling the find of a lifetime was recently turned up by a school teacher in Canada.
It could be 300...
World’s Oldest Brain Has Been Found in Remains of a 3-Eyed Giant Prawn From Half-Billion Years Ago
The world's oldest brain has been found in the remains of a three-eyed prawn that swam the oceans more than half a billion years...
Two Zoos, Two Sets of Big Cat Twins: Welcoming the Newborn Cubs in Nashville and Oklahoma
Lola, the Oklahoma City Zoo’s 11-year-old female Sumatran tiger, gave birth to two cubs on the afternoon of Saturday, July 2 at the Zoo’s...
Scientists Discover Strange Carnivore Plant in Borneo that Traps its Prey Underground
In the dark jungles of Borneo, a plant has adapted to an ecological niche that none of its kind or kingdom has ever entered...
Striking Photo of a Panther is Now Part of a Huge Project to Better Protect Amazon Diversity
Staring into the camera, this shot of a panther in the Amazon rainforest is part of a huge project to better protect the massive...
Bird-Watcher Wrongfully Accused in Central Park Lands a Nat Geo TV Show About Birding
The Black man who was wrongly accused by a White woman in New York City while he was birdwatching is set to star in...
Number of Greater One-Horned Rhinos Reaches New High – Up From Just 100 Individuals
Confirmation from India came this week hailing a conservation success story for the greater one-horned rhino.
The International Rhino Foundation announced the milestone, reporting that...
John Kerry’s Global Ocean Conference Raises 400+ Commitments Worth $16 Billion to Protect Ocean Health
The seventh annual Our Ocean Conference concluded recently with the announcement a grand tally of 410 commitments to protect the the oceans and the...
Adorable Cotton-top Tamarin Babies Born, Bolstering One of Most Endangered Primate Species (LOOK)
Adorable photographs are celebrating new births for one of the world’s most endangered primates. All were born recently to lucky zoos in America and...
Man Wins 200 Million on the Lottery and Donates Almost All of It to Save the Earth
€200,000,000: That's how much an anonymous Frenchman won in the Euromillions jackpot lottery last week, and almost the sum total of how much he...
Queensland Continues to Transfer Millions of Acres of Wilderness Back to Aboriginals in Australia
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news website of nature, science, health, politics, and travel.
Two former cattle ‘stations’ in the north Australian state...
Robotic Dog Designed in Boston Patrols the Ruins of Pompeii to Help Preserve Relics
The archeological site of Pompeii is employing a pair of robots to help monitor the state of preservation of ancient structures, and to gather...
Road in London Closes for Nearly a Month to Protect Migrating Toads as They Hop to the Other Side
A stretch of road in London has been closed to traffic for more than three weeks to allow toads to cross in safety to...
Newly-Identified Species of Transparent ‘Glass’ Frogs Unveiled in Amazing Photos From Ecuador
Two new species of glass frog were found living in the same 6,200-acre reserve, showing just how much is yet to be discovered in...
Endangered Baby Rhino Born in a Czech Zoo is Named After Kyiv (PHOTOS)
A baby rhino named "Kyiv" in honor of the Ukrainian defenders was born in a Czech zoo exactly a week after Russia began its...
Tiny New Species of Chocolate Frog is Discovered After Scientists Follow its Unique ‘Beep’ Sound
A tiny new species of burrowing frog has been discovered after scientists were able to find it by its unique "beep" sound.
Identified by biologists...