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Eastern US forests are losing tree seedlings to invasive Japanese stiltgrass
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (511+ words) A seemingly delicate grass with a silvery stripe is quietly reshaping forests across the eastern United States. By carpeting woodland floors and crowding out young saplings, Japanese stiltgrass is making it harder for some forests to regenerate on their own....
Australia spent millions fighting cane toads, then native predators solved the issue for free
20+ min ago (472+ words) "Something had figured out how to eat a poisonous toad without dying." For decades, Australia has tried to rein in cane toads by investing in disease-focused research, fungal approaches, scent-based traps, and government-led response efforts. Even so, some of the…...
First pale swallow-wort found in Wisconsin prompts urgent push to stop its spread
40+ min ago (277+ words) Adult monarch butterflies may lay eggs on pale swallow-wort, but the caterpillars that hatch do not survive. A newly detected invasive vine has put parts of Wisconsin on alert, and state officials say acting quickly is paramount as it could…...
The first primates may not have evolved in warm tropical forests at all " a new study places their origins in cold, dry parts of North America, with some early species possibly surviving seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing their bodies down
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (284+ words) The usual picture of primate origins is warm, leafy and tropical: small tree-dwelling mammals evolving in forests where fruit, flowers and insects were...
Scientists Catch a "Jumping Gene" Moving Between Species
16+ hour, 27+ min ago (639+ words) A jumping gene was directly observed moving from predator to prey through circular RNA. Dead cells are usually molecular dead ends: their fragile RNA messages rapidly disappear, and no new genetic activity is expected. But when Jens Harder and his…...
ICYMI- The World's Largest Beaver Dam Is In Alberta & You Can Literally See It From Space
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (231+ words) The beaver dam in Wood Buffalo National Park, known as the "Lac St. Clair Beaver Dam," is a true testament to the beavers" determination and ingenuity. Spanning an incredible length of approximately 850 meters (2, 790 feet), it is the largest beaver dam…...
A 125-million-year-old dinosaur unearthed in China was preserved so perfectly that individual skin cells are still visible, and it was covered in hollow, porcupine-like spikes never documented on any dinosaur before
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (843+ words) The fossil is easy to oversell, because the real version is already strange enough. The headline detail is not just that skin survived. It is that the skin includes hollow, spike-like structures preserved finely enough for the team to examine…...
Make a wish son | Paleontology
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Kaptagat Conservation Initiative marks decade of community-led environmental restoration
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (318+ words) As the Kaptagat Integrated Conservation Initiative marked its 10th edition of Saturday in Elgeyo Marakwet County, one man engaged in the event with humility, having made great strides in positively impacting his community. The National Treasury Principal Secretary Dr. Chris Kiptoo,…...
Scientists explain why human body has many design flaws
8+ hour, 27+ min ago (88+ words) | Study was published in 'The Conversation' | Inshorts Inshorts Scientists explain why human body has many design flaws Scientists have published a study suggesting that many of the body's biggest flaws stem from evolution building on old designs rather than starting…...