Wildlife and
habitat
Moose Die-Off Alarms Scientists
Related: Coyote more likely to make a meal out of moose than we thought: Study
In Indonesia, Environmentalists See a Disaster in the Making
Dolphin Slaughter Fueled by Illegal Shark Trade
Early-Life Exposure of Frogs to Herbicide Increases Mortality From Fungal Disease
Emerald ash borer beetle on the march across Europe
Risk of Amazon Rainforest Dieback is Higher Than IPCC Projects
Historic trends predict future global reforestation unlikely
Kenya to microchip all rhinos' horns to beat poachers
Necropsy finds 5 fish hooks in dolphin in Hawaii
Sea Lions Getting Shot Along Malibu Coast
Illinois river otters exposed to chemicals banned decades ago
Vietnam seizes 2 tons of smuggled elephant tusks
Zim man gets 15 years for poisoning elephants
Birds On Repeat: Do Birdwatchers Playbacks Hurt Fowl?
How Google Street View Could Fight Invasive Species
18-Foot-Long Deep-Sea Creature Found off California
Also see: Second rare oarfish carcass found on California coast
Monkey that Purrs like a Cat is Among New Species Discovered in Amazon Rainforest
Calif. city turns to birds of prey to solve problems
Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists
PETA Launches Drone Fleet to Monitor Hunters
Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights
Discoveries about the natural world
Amazonia 'ruled' by 227 tree species
Crickets audio recording slowed way down (intriguing)
Chimpanzees: alarm calls with intent?
Marmoset Monkeys Know Polite Conversation
Model Plant Misled Scientists About Multicellular Growth
World's First Mapping of America's Rare Plants
Cuckoos impersonate hawks by matching their 'outfits'
Poorly camouflaged insects can kick off a cascade of ecological impacts
Speak Up! Costa Rican Bats Use Leaves as Hearing Aids
Young apes manage emotions like humans
Researchers find striking similarities between bird's song and human music
Humpback Whale Crittercam Video Reveals Bottom-Feeding Activity
Study: Death by moonlight? Not always
Weather Prevents Different Giraffe Species From Interbreeding
Why plants usually live longer than animals
Regardless of bladder size, all mammals pee for approximately 21 seconds (w/video)
Early humans responsible for ancient carnivore wipe-out in Africa, not climate change
Fossil scans reveal origins of teeth
Key to Ants’ Evolution May Have Started With a Wasp
Rare Blood-Engorged Mosquito Fossil Found
Gold in trees leads to hidden deposits
New Evidence On Lightning Strikes: Mountains a Lot Less Stable Than We Think
Weather and climate
Climate Change Will Not Spare an Inch of Global Ocean, Study Finds
Pacific Ocean Temperature Influences Tornado Activity in U.S., MU Study Finds
Why the City of Miami Is Doomed to Drown
Environmental policy
Moose Die-Off Alarms Scientists
Related: Coyote more likely to make a meal out of moose than we thought: Study
In Indonesia, Environmentalists See a Disaster in the Making
Dolphin Slaughter Fueled by Illegal Shark Trade
Early-Life Exposure of Frogs to Herbicide Increases Mortality From Fungal Disease
Emerald ash borer beetle on the march across Europe
Risk of Amazon Rainforest Dieback is Higher Than IPCC Projects
Historic trends predict future global reforestation unlikely
Kenya to microchip all rhinos' horns to beat poachers
Necropsy finds 5 fish hooks in dolphin in Hawaii
Sea Lions Getting Shot Along Malibu Coast
Illinois river otters exposed to chemicals banned decades ago
Vietnam seizes 2 tons of smuggled elephant tusks
Zim man gets 15 years for poisoning elephants
Birds On Repeat: Do Birdwatchers Playbacks Hurt Fowl?
How Google Street View Could Fight Invasive Species
18-Foot-Long Deep-Sea Creature Found off California
Also see: Second rare oarfish carcass found on California coast
Monkey that Purrs like a Cat is Among New Species Discovered in Amazon Rainforest
Calif. city turns to birds of prey to solve problems
Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists
PETA Launches Drone Fleet to Monitor Hunters
Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights
Discoveries about the natural world
Amazonia 'ruled' by 227 tree species
Crickets audio recording slowed way down (intriguing)
Chimpanzees: alarm calls with intent?
Marmoset Monkeys Know Polite Conversation
Model Plant Misled Scientists About Multicellular Growth
World's First Mapping of America's Rare Plants
Cuckoos impersonate hawks by matching their 'outfits'
Poorly camouflaged insects can kick off a cascade of ecological impacts
Speak Up! Costa Rican Bats Use Leaves as Hearing Aids
Young apes manage emotions like humans
Researchers find striking similarities between bird's song and human music
Humpback Whale Crittercam Video Reveals Bottom-Feeding Activity
Study: Death by moonlight? Not always
Weather Prevents Different Giraffe Species From Interbreeding
Why plants usually live longer than animals
Regardless of bladder size, all mammals pee for approximately 21 seconds (w/video)
Early humans responsible for ancient carnivore wipe-out in Africa, not climate change
Fossil scans reveal origins of teeth
Key to Ants’ Evolution May Have Started With a Wasp
Rare Blood-Engorged Mosquito Fossil Found
Gold in trees leads to hidden deposits
New Evidence On Lightning Strikes: Mountains a Lot Less Stable Than We Think
Weather and climate
Climate Change Will Not Spare an Inch of Global Ocean, Study Finds
Pacific Ocean Temperature Influences Tornado Activity in U.S., MU Study Finds
Why the City of Miami Is Doomed to Drown
Environmental policy
The Forest Mafia: How Scammers Steal Millions Through Carbon Markets
Feds seek threatened status for some sage grouse
Ships banned from discharging seabird pollutant PIB
Treaty Poised to Cut Toxic Mercury Pollution
Energy
New device stores electricity on silicon chips (!)
Arizona solar plant achieves six hours after sun goes down
Scientists develop heat-resistant materials that could vastly improve solar cell efficiency
How The Department Of Energy Is Working To Reduce The Cost Of Solar By 75 Percent
Tiny 'Lego brick'-style studs make solar panels a quarter more efficient
Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells
GM to sell car next year powered by gasoline or natural gas
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Natural Gas Flaring in North Dakota
You Know the Drill: Taxpayers aren’t just giving away their natural resources -- they're...
Water
Increasing toxicity of algal blooms tied to nutrient enrichment and climate change
Air
U.N. agency calls outdoor air pollution leading cause of cancer
Marcellus gas facilities, near to one another or even linked, are evaluated individually for pollution
Chemical concerns, radiation, waste management, recycling
Can International Mercury Treaty Cut Poison Risk?
Vinyl flooring linked to potentially harmful substances at schools and daycare centers
Related: PVC as flooring material in childhood is related to asthma 10 years later
Three Mile Island Veteran Optimistic on Fukushima Fuel Removal
Related: With a Plant’s Tainted Water Still Flowing, No End to Environmental Fears
Fukushima workers -- underhoused, underfed, underpaid, and gangsters
Fear vs. Radiation: The Mismatch (opinion)
Footwear Recycling Gets a Kick-Start
Agriculture, gardening and food, livestock and pets
Why are jerky treats killing pets? FDA asks for help
Related: FDA proposes strict new safety rules for animal food
Gene Variant That Raises Risk for Cancer from Eating Meat Present in One-In-Three People
Small Changes in Agricultural Practices Could Reduce Produce-Borne Illness
75 percent of breast milk bought online is contaminated, analysis shows
Do you really need to drink eight cups of water a day?
Should You Eat Chicken? (opinion -- good comments)
Coffee Consumption Reduces Risk of Liver Cancer
New Native Shrubs Show Promise for Landscape, Nursery Industries
Can a potentially invasive plant have a positive influence on a region?
Health and medicine, human behavior
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
Toxin-Emitting Bacteria Being Evaluated as a Potential Multiple Sclerosis Trigger
Study Shows Far More ‘Hidden’ And Potentially Active HIV Virus Than Once Thought
Biological clock can help measure age of most human tissues
Growing up poor and stressed impacts brain function as an adult
Sleep 'cleans' the brain of toxins
Simple Blood Test Can Diagnose Lung and Other Cancers, Study Finds
Compound derived from vegetables shields rodents from lethal radiation doses
Flu Vaccine Associated With Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Maternal smoking may impair infant immunity, causing broad range of infections
Teachers More Likely to Have Progressive Speech and Language Disorders
UK: New Cases of Autism Have Levelled Off After 5-Fold Surge During 1990s
Scans Show Retired American Football Players Have Brain Deficits
Go to bed! Irregular bedtimes linked to behavioral problems in children
Herbal and Weight Loss Supplements, Energy Drink Associated with Liver Damage
Analysis of herbal products shows contamination is common
The problem with taking too many vitamins
Parental Perceptions are Preventing HPV Vaccination Success
Mosquitoes that carry dengue and yellow fevers are starting to spread into California
Why A Peanut Butter Test For Alzheimer's Might Be Too Simple
Human 'Mad Cow Disease': 1 in 2,000 Brits Carry Abnormal Protein
Do Sunny Climates Reduce ADHD?
F.D.A. Seeks Tighter Control on Prescriptions for Class of Painkillers
Blood vessel cells can repair, regenerate organs, scientists say
Where ill people are locked in cages with hyenas
Method of recording brain activity could lead to mind-reading devices, scientists say
Sarcasm Detectors: Empathetic Kids Are Better at It
Babies know when you're faking
Study Shows That Brains Process the Pain of Villains More Than the Pain of People We Like
Pain of poverty sticks, despite support of neighbors or spouses
Dartmouth study shows difference in cognitive ability between low-income rural, urban children
Attractive adults gain the trust of children more easily
Washing your Hands makes you optimistic
Communication with similar people stronger than believed
'Wind Turbine Syndrome' Blamed for Town's Mysterious Maladies
Science at Last Explains Our Soul
Feds seek threatened status for some sage grouse
Ships banned from discharging seabird pollutant PIB
Treaty Poised to Cut Toxic Mercury Pollution
Energy
New device stores electricity on silicon chips (!)
Arizona solar plant achieves six hours after sun goes down
Scientists develop heat-resistant materials that could vastly improve solar cell efficiency
How The Department Of Energy Is Working To Reduce The Cost Of Solar By 75 Percent
Tiny 'Lego brick'-style studs make solar panels a quarter more efficient
Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells
GM to sell car next year powered by gasoline or natural gas
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Natural Gas Flaring in North Dakota
You Know the Drill: Taxpayers aren’t just giving away their natural resources -- they're...
Water
Increasing toxicity of algal blooms tied to nutrient enrichment and climate change
Air
U.N. agency calls outdoor air pollution leading cause of cancer
Marcellus gas facilities, near to one another or even linked, are evaluated individually for pollution
Chemical concerns, radiation, waste management, recycling
Can International Mercury Treaty Cut Poison Risk?
Vinyl flooring linked to potentially harmful substances at schools and daycare centers
Related: PVC as flooring material in childhood is related to asthma 10 years later
Three Mile Island Veteran Optimistic on Fukushima Fuel Removal
Related: With a Plant’s Tainted Water Still Flowing, No End to Environmental Fears
Fukushima workers -- underhoused, underfed, underpaid, and gangsters
Fear vs. Radiation: The Mismatch (opinion)
Footwear Recycling Gets a Kick-Start
Agriculture, gardening and food, livestock and pets
Why are jerky treats killing pets? FDA asks for help
Related: FDA proposes strict new safety rules for animal food
Gene Variant That Raises Risk for Cancer from Eating Meat Present in One-In-Three People
Small Changes in Agricultural Practices Could Reduce Produce-Borne Illness
75 percent of breast milk bought online is contaminated, analysis shows
Do you really need to drink eight cups of water a day?
Should You Eat Chicken? (opinion -- good comments)
Coffee Consumption Reduces Risk of Liver Cancer
New Native Shrubs Show Promise for Landscape, Nursery Industries
Can a potentially invasive plant have a positive influence on a region?
Health and medicine, human behavior
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
Toxin-Emitting Bacteria Being Evaluated as a Potential Multiple Sclerosis Trigger
Study Shows Far More ‘Hidden’ And Potentially Active HIV Virus Than Once Thought
Biological clock can help measure age of most human tissues
Growing up poor and stressed impacts brain function as an adult
Sleep 'cleans' the brain of toxins
Simple Blood Test Can Diagnose Lung and Other Cancers, Study Finds
Compound derived from vegetables shields rodents from lethal radiation doses
Flu Vaccine Associated With Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Maternal smoking may impair infant immunity, causing broad range of infections
Teachers More Likely to Have Progressive Speech and Language Disorders
UK: New Cases of Autism Have Levelled Off After 5-Fold Surge During 1990s
Scans Show Retired American Football Players Have Brain Deficits
Go to bed! Irregular bedtimes linked to behavioral problems in children
Herbal and Weight Loss Supplements, Energy Drink Associated with Liver Damage
Analysis of herbal products shows contamination is common
The problem with taking too many vitamins
Parental Perceptions are Preventing HPV Vaccination Success
Mosquitoes that carry dengue and yellow fevers are starting to spread into California
Why A Peanut Butter Test For Alzheimer's Might Be Too Simple
Human 'Mad Cow Disease': 1 in 2,000 Brits Carry Abnormal Protein
Do Sunny Climates Reduce ADHD?
F.D.A. Seeks Tighter Control on Prescriptions for Class of Painkillers
Blood vessel cells can repair, regenerate organs, scientists say
Where ill people are locked in cages with hyenas
Method of recording brain activity could lead to mind-reading devices, scientists say
Sarcasm Detectors: Empathetic Kids Are Better at It
Babies know when you're faking
Study Shows That Brains Process the Pain of Villains More Than the Pain of People We Like
Pain of poverty sticks, despite support of neighbors or spouses
Dartmouth study shows difference in cognitive ability between low-income rural, urban children
Attractive adults gain the trust of children more easily
Washing your Hands makes you optimistic
Communication with similar people stronger than believed
'Wind Turbine Syndrome' Blamed for Town's Mysterious Maladies
Science at Last Explains Our Soul
Education
Study: Poor children are now the majority in American public schools in South, West
A young Picasso or Beethoven could be the next Edison
Similar: Is Music the Key to Success?
UNL study shows college students are digitally distracted in class
Law
Case Explores Rights of Fetus Versus Mother
Court: Warrant needed for GPS tracking
For First Time, Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana
Related: Growers celebrate as Uruguay prepares to legalize marijuana
Archeology, anthropology, art and history
Christening the Earliest Members of Our Genus
Also see: Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found
Beautiful Skull Spurs Debate on Human History
Hitchhiking Virus Confirms Saga of Ancient Human Migration
Mysterious ancient human, the Denisovans, crossed Wallace's Line
Using bones to shape stones
Drought Led to Collapse of Bronze Age Civilizations, Study Says
Ancient European farming populations went boom, then bust
Proof of human migration from Sweden to Poland during the Early Bronze Age
Gravetop Sundial Reveals Lost Civilization's Tech Savvy
5 Surprising Facts About Otzi the Iceman
European origins laid bare by DNA
Also see: Hunter-gatherers and immigrant farmers lived together for 2,000 years in Central Europe
Clues to Lost Prehistoric Code Discovered in Mesopotamia
Neanderthals used toothpicks to alleviate the pain of diseases related to teeth
Neanderthals May Have Eaten Stomach Contents of Their Prey
Archaeologists rediscover the lost home of the last Neanderthals
Much Earlier Split for Neanderthals, Humans?
Women Leave Their Handprints on the Cave Wall (more info)
Oops! Etruscan Warrior Prince Really a Princess
Grisly Mass Grave in Utah Cave Is Evidence of 'Prehistoric Warfare,' Study Says
Mass Grave of ‘Prodigal Sons’ in California Poses Prehistoric Mystery
A Maryland Hill’s Prehistoric Secret
Long-Hidden Sites Discovered in the Southwest May Change Views of Ancient Migrations
Thirty million people are slaves, half in India - survey
Web-Based Map Allows Users to See Intricate Patterns in U.S. Population
What American accent do you have? Take the quiz and see
National security, defense
Top Pakistani leaders secretly backed CIA drone campaign, documents show
Pakistan tells U.N. at least 400 civilians killed by drone strikes
Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program
Iraq War civilian death toll near 500K, new study estimates
In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports
Paris also snoops on US, says ex-French spy boss
NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
US Navy's New Aircraft Carriers Will Be Massive 'Floating Cities'
Astronomy and cosmology, spaceflight
Astronomers Find Clues to Decades-Long Coronal Heating Mystery
Comet ISON's Green Blaze Captured in Stunning Photo
Milky Way galaxy is fluttering like a flag
Long-Sought Pattern of Ancient Light Detected
No need for inflation if cosmos was a bouncing baby
Intercepting asteroids to avoid Armageddon
Physics, chemistry and materials science, mathematics
New material gives visible light an infinite wavelength
Computers and software, the Internet
GE partners with AT&T, Cisco, Intel for 'Industrial Internet'
Of note
Questions for Free-Market Moralists
Why People Mistake Good Deals for Rip-Offs
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