Biologists keep that context in mind when cold snap stories focus only on invasives. A still marsh can look empty even when natives are simply conserving energy. The calm can help trackers read fresh ...
When parts of the south sit below 50°F for hours, cold-blooded life slows, hides, or tumbles into the headlines. Iguanas lose ...
Hardening off gets harder when seedlings linger indoors past their prime. Soft, stretched growth may look fine in trays, but ...
Farmers who hate tossing peels often turn them into oleo-saccharum, a syrup that captures lemon oil instead of letting it fade. Peels are mixed with sugar, covered, and left to rest until the sugar ...
A week after an ice storm ripped through the U.S. South, some neighborhoods are still living by flashlight and extension ...
The takeaway is not that one predator will vanish, but that power can force flexibility. The researchers argue that ...
In North American and Eurasian ranges, wolves use eye contact to test rivals and defend territory. Biologists warn that sustained staring can escalate defensiveness if people are near dens or ...
Earth is surrounded by more than air and a magnetic field. Powerful very low-frequency, or VLF, transmitters built for ...
In winter woods, most deciduous trees stand bare, yet some oaks and beeches keep a fringe of dry, coppery leaves. They no longer feed the tree, but they hang on through wind and snow, adding sound and ...
Cat bites can look like a tiny pinprick, but they carry a risk that surprises even devoted cat people. Behaviorists see bites ...
Adult takins are simply too large for most predators to gamble on, and that reduces direct predation in many places. Older ...
Yellowstone biologists trapped Grizzly 566 during routine monitoring and watched the scale climb to 712 lb, with about 41% ...