Meet the Cyberpunk Albatrosses Scanning for Secret Explosions
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack. ..
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack. ..
Thanks to climate change, the armored animals are making their way up north. And there’s no sign of them stopping their relentless march. ..
A new gene expression study reveals broad cellular diversity as well as possibly ancient connections between the nervous, immune, and digestive systems. ..
Cut a panther worm into thirds and each section will grow a new body. Researchers injected some with a fluorescent protein to study how. ..
A team tracking the flights of four Tule geese from Alaska to California documented how the birds changed course in response to dense smoke. ..
Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation. ..
A new study shows that two captive birds had only maternal DNA and survived early development—a first for the critically endangered species. ..
The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction killed 75 percent of all species—and prompted a snakesplosion of biodiversity. ..
African swine fever killed half the pigs in China. There is no vaccine and no treatment. Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US. ..
Their incessant belching loads the atmosphere with planet-warming methane. But it’s not so simple as just feeding them gas-busting seaweed. ..