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Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

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America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why

Staff Writer - September 16, 2024

Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

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Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicine

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

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Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

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Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

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I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions – here’s what I learned

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Is ‘Toadzilla’ a sign of enormous cane toads to come? It’s...

Staff Writer - January 31, 2023

Nature

Power struggles in nature can be more subtle, nuanced and strategic...

Staff Writer - January 28, 2023

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Biden restores roadless protection to the Tongass, North America’s largest rainforest

Staff Writer - January 27, 2023

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How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a...

Staff Writer - January 20, 2023

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What are mud volcanoes?

Staff Writer - January 4, 2023

Nature

2022’s US climate disasters, from storms and floods to heat waves...

Staff Writer - December 29, 2022

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‘Vaccinating’ frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic...

Staff Writer - December 19, 2022

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Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss

Staff Writer - December 6, 2022

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The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

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India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

Staff Writer - September 4, 2024

Parag Jyoti Saikia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Hey Rupam, open the door. Take this fish,” a...

Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new...

September 3, 2024

People enjoy spending time in nature but don’t always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new...

August 28, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

August 18, 2024

Sharks, turtles and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial...

March 7, 2024