Animals

U-Boat

How Hitler's U-Boats Are Still Attacking Us

Tankers downed by German U-Boats in World War II threaten to leak fuel into US waters.

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| Tue May. 21, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Croatians (and Americans) Training Honeybees to Sniff Out Landmines

Researchers are training bees to locate unexploded landmines in Croatia and the rest of the Balkans.

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| Mon May. 20, 2013 11:12 AM PDT

John Kerry Updates His Climate Change Creds at the Arctic Council

Kerry travels to Sweden to join a meeting of a once-obscure council as they prepare to sign an historic agreement on oil spill repsonse in the far north.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 1:32 PM PDT
Capitol building with cicada

A Political History of the Cicadas

Before the East Coast cicada invasion kicks into high gear, read what Ronald Reagan had to say about the notorious flying insect.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

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Wild Ones Stuffed Animals

Wild Man: An Interview with Jon Mooallem

The author of "Wild Ones," a book about the wacky world of conservation, talks prosthetic flippers and spirit animals.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Polar bear on a remnant ice floe.

10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean

Because of global warming, the Arctic Ocean is turning corrosive faster than any other waters on Earth.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 3:03 AM PDT

Scientists Use DNA From Poop to Track Rare Tigers

A new project uses poop to gather genetic information on rare tigers.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 8:11 AM PDT
Canada's possible Arctic Ocean route to deliver tar sands oil to Europe and Asia

Canada Considers Shipping Tar Sands Oil Across Arctic Ocean

Stymied by opposition to Keystone XL and similar Canadian pipelines to provinces east and west, Canada thinks about turning north.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 12:33 PM PDT
The Meske's skipper was AWOL for a decade before returning.

5 Butterfly Species Just Vanished While No One Was Looking

An entomologist looked for six years and concluded that five rare Florida butterflies are now extinct.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:03 AM PDT
Growing or shedding a white winter coat at the wrong time is bad for hares

Snowshoe Hares Can't Keep Up With Climate Change

The hares change fur to match the seasons, but a new study suggests climate change may outrun them.

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| Tue Apr. 16, 2013 3:04 AM PDT

That Sustainable Seafood Label May Be Fishy

Up to 35 percent of all fisheries labelled "sustainable" may not be, according to a new report.

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| Fri Apr. 12, 2013 3:06 AM PDT
Cluster of hibernating gray bats (Myotis grisescens)

The Worst Wildlife Disease Outbreak Ever in North America Just Got Way Worse

White-nose syndrome—the fungus decimating North American bats—has just been found in the lagest wintertime hibernation cave of endangered gray bats.

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| Tue Apr. 9, 2013 3:01 AM PDT

CHART: How Climate Change and Your Wine Habit Threaten Endangered Pandas

Global warming is shifting wine country straight onto sensitive habitats.

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| Mon Apr. 8, 2013 7:21 AM PDT

5 Ways Biotech Is Changing Our Pets and Wildlife

Talking about brave new beasts with Emily Anthes, author of the new book "Frankenstein's Cat."

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| Mon Apr. 8, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Gigantic area of sea ice in the process of fracturing in Arctic Ocean

Watch: Crack-Up of Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean

Young, thin sea ice in the Arctic this winter meant storms were more damaging to the fragile ice cap.

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| Fri Apr. 5, 2013 3:12 AM PDT

6 Amazing Ways Animals Show Compassion

Renowned primatologist Frans de Waal argues that our own sense of morality can be traced back to our primate relatives.

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| Fri Apr. 5, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
former Taliban insurgents with weapons

The Taliban Are Inadvertently Really Good at Endangered Falcon Conservation

On a related note, whales benefited greatly from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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| Wed Apr. 3, 2013 2:21 PM PDT
European green crab, at juvenile stage where it appears green

Invasive Crab Restoring Cape Cod's Dwindling Salt Marshes

A fascinating whodunnit from the emerging field of historical ecology, complete with plot twists and red herrings.

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| Mon Apr. 1, 2013 4:02 PM PDT
Arctic sea ice

Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Winter Max and It's Dismally Low

Why this year's sixth lowest winter ice cover is bad news for the summer of 2013.

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| Wed Mar. 27, 2013 9:51 AM PDT
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Why the GOP Should Love Duck Penises

Todd Akin was right ... about ducks.

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 8:10 AM PDT