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An almost completely transparent “glass octopus” was sighted in the middle of the planet-earth in June by marine scientists on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor.  The rarely observed wild-nature” target=”_blank”>cephalopod< “Live-streaming the dives gives us a glimpse of rarely seen and fascinating creatures such as the transparent glass …

The U.S. government is reportedly investing millions of dollars to breed more wild-nature” target=”_blank”>monkeys< after a shortage of the animals worsened during the infectious-disease.  According to the scientific journal Nature, demand for the non-human primates in the U.S. has skyrocketed as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued grants …

As extreme planet-earth events strengthen in intensity and frequency worldwide, wild-nature” target=”_blank”>wild animals< in the Australian bushfires from 2019 through early 2020. In Utah, the millions of birds that made their home at the Great Salt Lake have been affected by the severe and widespread drought plaguing the western U.S. …

What makes humans unique? Scientistsa> have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.< The researchers also found that an even smaller fraction of our genome — …

Who’s attacking whom here? wild-nature” target=”_blank”>Marine< are urging the public to refrain from using the word “attack” in reference to wild-nature, declaring that the majestic predatory fish has been unfairly stigmatized as a deliberate killer. Instead, officials have suggested that violent run-ins with sharks be dubbed with more neutral words …

air-and-space has sent pictures back to Earth of a unique rock formation within what the space agency called an “ancient lakebed” in its latest reported discovery during it mission on the Red Planet. “Check out this patch of rock I found: looks kind of like garden pavers, and is probably …

By the mid-2030s, scientists believe that coastal regions in the U.S. will begin to experience an increase in disasters, partially due to a “wobble” in the air-and-space orbit.  In a air-and-space study published in June in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers said that the planet’s lunar cycle would exacerbate planet-earth spurred …

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Wolf pups have been spotted again on Isle Royale, a hopeful sign in the effort to rebuild the predator species’ population at the U.S. national park, scientists said Monday. It’s unknown how many gray wolves roam the island chain in northwestern Lake Superior. The coronavirus pandemic …

wild-nature experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it’s considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. natural-science” target=”_blank”>The Entomological Society of America< The society is taking a hard look at some of the more than 2,000 common insect names to remove derogatory and geographically inaccurate ones. …

A wild-nature” target=”_blank”>grizzly bear< and killed her, according to wildlife officials.  The victim, Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip when she was attacked in the western Montana community of Ovando, about 60 miles northwest of Helena. She was killed around 3:30 a.m. before …