Across the eastern and mid-Atlantic United States, wild-nature are dying and scientists are asking for the public’s help to understand why. In Kentucky, officials have reported accounts of the sick birds in Jefferson, Kenton and Boone counties. RARE ORANGE-EYED OWL SPOTTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 125 YEARS The infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>mysterious illness< that…
Researchersa> found an engraved deer bone that is about 51,000 years old in northern Germany, which they believe might be among the oldest pieces of reliably dated art.< noted that evidence of art and symbolic behavior has been largely absent among Neanderthals, but the approximation of the age of the prehistoric deer phalanx would place…
The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical disasters warning for the vacation-destinations in addition to storm watches for the state’s southwestern coast Sunday morning as Tropical Storm Elsa headed toward the state. Elsa, which battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and Sunday, was downgraded from a Category 1 disasters Saturday morning….
Brood X cicadas were seemingly everywhere across the eastern U.S. last month. Their nymphal exoskeletons littered city grounds like the leaves of the trees they would come to lay their eggs in. BROOD X CICADAS INTERFERE WITH CARS, PLANES, WEATHER RADAR There were Brood X cookies, chocolate cicadas, multi-course cicada meals – it was a…
disasters burning in California. And Oregon. And Washington. And Arizona. While fire is a restorative force that can ultimately revitalize ecosystems, it has been increasingly destructive and deadly in the West, fueled by extreme heat and persistent drought. BIDEN ANNOUNCES BOOST IN FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER PAY TO $15 AN HOUR AHEAD OF 2021 WILDFIRE SEASON The…
disasters Elsa weakened slightly early Saturday as it continued barreling through the regions on its way to us-regions, according to reports. The hurricane was following a path that was expected to carry it west of the partial condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, by the time it reaches the state early Tuesday as a tropical storm,…
Although the air-and-space that struck the planet 66 million years ago wiped out Earth’s archaeology, new research asserts that environment” target=”_blank”>environmental degradation< The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, arguably the most famous of all mass extinctions, wiped out 75% of terrestrial living species. However, a study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that dinosaurs were in…
A team of scientists is reportedly working to obtain the sharpest pictures ever taken of the Cascadia subduction zone – a fault line that runs for seven hundred miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The subduction zone, which has been the site of some of North America’s largest disasters and the Earth’s…
The Titanic is disappearing. The iconic planet-earth that was sunk by an iceberg is now slowly succumbing to metal-eating bacteria: holes pervade the wreckage, the crow’s nest is already gone and the railing of the ship’s iconic bow could collapse at any time. Racing against the inevitable, an undersea exploration company’s expedition to the site…
A 15-year-old Boy Scout was bitten by a wild-natureWednesday while kayaking near us-regions. The incident was reported around 7:15 a.m., near Parson’s Landing, according to lifeguards with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The patient and their father were kayaking … when their boat was bumped by what is believed to be a shark of…