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There’s No Evidence Fireworks Kill Baby Animals

July 3, 2019 admin ANIMALS, Fourth of July, internet rumor, nature, Panic, SCIENCE, wildlife

Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:29:06 +0000

Every Fourth of July, an internet rumor claims that panicked animal parents abandon their young after fireworks displays. There’s no evidence to back this up.

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Mysterious Hole in Antarctic Sea Ice Explained by Robots and Seals

June 10, 2019 admin antarctica, climate change, elephant seals, nature, polynya, robot, salinity, salt, tech-science, university of washington, weddell sea

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:40:27 +0000

Seals with antennas on their heads helped shed light on the formation of a sea ice hole the size of South Carolina.

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Meet ‘MakMak’: Kiddie campaign conveys grave state of Philippine wildlife

May 24, 2019 admin Biodiversity, blue-naped parrot, Headlines, Latest News Stories, makmak, Nation, nature, Palawan, Philippines, pikoy, USAID, wildlife

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 21:42:16 +0000

Clad in a brown ranger vest, “MakMak” will soon fly in and make a clarion call for biodiversity conservation

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Wasps Are Capable of Basic Logical Reasoning, Study Finds

May 8, 2019 admin abstract reasoning, complexity, deductions, electrified, experiments, honeybees, logic, nature, reasoning, shock, transitive inference, university of michigan, Wasps

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 13:20:43 +0000

Paper wasps are the first known insects to perform a key form of deductive logic called transitive inference.

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UN report says nature is in worst shape in human history

May 6, 2019 admin biological diversity, environment, extinct, Latest News Stories, nature, species, UN, World, worst

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 11:38:42 +0000

Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the United Nations’ first comprehensive report on biodiversity.

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How to fix nature and avoid human misery — UN report

May 5, 2019 admin Biodiversity, extinction, GLOBAL WARMING, Latest News Stories, nature, United Nations, World

Credit to Author: ceridio| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 10:05:04 +0000

Up to a million of Earth’s estimated eight million species face extinction, many of them within decades, according to a draft version obtained by AFP.

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Write your own prescription for a ‘nature pill’

April 27, 2019 admin HEALTH, Living, nature, newcomers, Stress, walk, wellbeing, wellness

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:42:34 +0000

Take your stress outdoors this spring! What if there was a free, natural, flexible and convenient remedy for stress? No prescription from a doctor required, no pill to remember to take, no restrictions about where or when to take the remedy, no unrealistic time constraints, not much planning required…would you be interested? I hope so, […]

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