Silver flies, a biocontrol agent for the hemlock woolly adelgid, are released from a vial at Cornell Botanic Garden’s Fall Creek South Natural Area. Credit: Robert Wesley/Provided Researchers are optimistic about the combined efforts of a tiny fly and a predatory beetle in combating an invasive pest that is wreaking havoc on hemlocks in Fall …
Macrophotogrammetry setup at Lizard Island 2022 with diver and lead researcher Marine Gouezo of Southern Cross University. Credit: CSIRO Lauren Hardiman Monitoring baby corals on the Great Barrier Reef at a submillimeter scale has become easier with the successful use of underwater macrophotogrammetry by Southern Cross University and CSIRO. In a paper published today in …
A parrotfish swims around a coral reef in Key West, Florida; About 25 percent of all marine species are found in or around these habitats. The waters off south Florida experienced an extraordinary rise in temperature, surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8°C) for several hours on Monday. This potentially sets a new world record, with temperatures …
Wellington Dam, Western Australia. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have conducted a comprehensive analysis of over 650 dam removal projects in the United States spanning 55 years, amounting to a total cost of $1.52 billion adjusted for inflation, in order to develop a tool that can better estimate the expenses associated with future dam removals. …
This captivating tale portrays the intricate and powerful consequences of an ongoing arms race between predator and prey in the animal kingdom. Oscaecilia ochrocephala, commonly found in Panama and Colombia, dwells primarily in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and degraded former forests. Caecilians are legless serpentine burrowing amphibians that inhabit soil …
Fire damage in the Algerian town of Toudja. Algerian firefighters are currently engaged in battling blazes that have caused the death of 34 individuals across the dry north, resulting in the destruction of homes, coastal resorts, and extensive forest areas turned into blackened wastelands. Witnesses have described fleeing walls of flames that were raging “like …
Witness the majestic sight of Istanbul’s Camlica Mosque illuminated by the Sturgeon full moon on August 11, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey. This breathtaking image captures the last supermoon of 2022. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Getty Images Prepare yourself for the grandeur of one of the year’s largest full moons, set to grace the skies …
A fascinating study conducted by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Cape Town has revealed the remarkable ability of fork-tailed drongos, a species of belligerent birds found in sub-Saharan Africa, to detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their nests. Despite the fact that cuckoo eggs closely resemble drongo eggs in color …
Sign up for our Voices Dispatches email to receive a digest of the top opinions of the week Subscribe to our free weekly Voices newsletter A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London reveals that a majority of patients with autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis experience …
An unyielding succession of scorching summer heat waves has shattered single-day temperature records throughout the South and Southwest this summer. Major cities across the country have experienced “dangerously” hot conditions, with temperatures soaring to new heights. Let’s take a closer look at the record-breaking temperatures from various dates in July. On July 25, Phoenix saw …