Environment

If you grew up in the United States in the 1980s or ’90s, chances are you remember The Oregon Trail. For many like me, it was our first computer game and our first introduction to...

How will global access to food, water, and energy evolve in coming decades? A new study co-authored by MIT researchers suggests the answers could be very different depending on region, resource, and income.Based on extensive modeling of many different...

Leah Cottell, who has been leading the study, said the process had been "incredibly time-consuming" but she had learned a lot."I knew that we had ferrets on the island, but we didn't really know anything about them," she told...

A student has been using hair from a 120-year-old museum exhibit to help find new ways of solving wildlife crime.The taxidermy bear, known as Boris, is a popular feature at the Museum of Chelmsford and is regarded as its...

Sayers said: "Seals need sleep just like we do... When they're disturbed, they can panic, stampede across a beach or throw themselves into the sea, risking serious injury." The campaign follows concerns over what the trust described as the...

Weather woesEvans and David Whelihan have been trekking to OIC since 2022, advancing their vision to distribute a set of low-cost sensors across the Arctic for continuous monitoring. Hosted by the Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) every two years,...

These three differences between male and female wiring in flies are driven by two key genes. Researchers have known about the genes for years, and how they're linked to each of these behaviours. What they've never been able to...

The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how the ecology and the environment of Antarctica are changing over time.Adélie penguins are one of the most abundant predators...

Reports that the Trump administration is working to transfer part of Yosemite National Park to a private land developer have heightened concerns among park advocates and the public about privatization of public land.The proposed deal,...

Scientists believe they may be one step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time, but the findings have not been verified by independent researchers.Scientists from the University of Bristol were part of a two-year study to try...