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 …
Read More »US invests millions to breed more test monkeys in wake of COVID-19: report
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 …
Read More »Heat wave in Pacific Northwest, Canada killed more than 1 billion sea creatures: researchers
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. …
Read More »Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows
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 — …
Read More »Shark advocates call for rebranding violent attacks as 'interactions'
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 …
Read More »NASA's Mars Perseverance rover snaps shots of unique rock formation in 'ancient lakebed'
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 …
Read More »Lunar orbit 'wobble' could result in high-tide flooding rise in the 2030s: NASA researchers
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 …
Read More »Pup births hopeful sign for wolves in Isle Royale, Michigan: scientists
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 …
Read More »Bug experts dropping gypsy moth name after deeming it offensive
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. …
Read More »Grizzly bear pulls California woman out of tent in Montana, kills her
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 …
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