International team studies the migration of the American woodcock
The American woodcock, a plump harbinger of spring, is a well known shorebird found across eastern North America. The species ...
Black men—including transit workers—are targets for aggression on public transportation, study shows
Black men on buses and trains—whether as passengers or transit workers—face hostile encounters that threaten their sense of ...
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Around 450,000 children disadvantaged by lack of school support for color blindness
Around 450,000 children are being failed by the UK education system because they have a special educational need and ...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket goes vertical on the launch pad
Blue Origin continued to prep for the maiden flight of its massive New Glenn rocket as it went vertical on the launch pad ...
The Chesapeake Bay's 'dead zone' stays at long-term average: It's a 'good sign'
The dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay, where there's low oxygen for underwater life, was near its average size in 2024, ...
'Existential challenge': plastic pollution treaty talks begin
A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, with deep differences between nations emerging ...
Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help ...
As baboons become bolder, Cape Town battles for solutions
On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering ...
Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds
Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor ...
WEAVE spectrograph uncovers dual nature of galaxy shock
Using the set of first-light observations from the new William Herschel Telescope Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE) ...
Slender-billed Curlew may be extinct, marking the disappearance of a third bird species from the Western Palaearctic
A small team of conservationists, biodiversity specialists and bird researchers has found that it is likely a third species ...
Man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. Now we know what caused it
Earlier this year, a caver was poring over satellite images of the Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected: ...