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The Cool Down on MSN13h
Experts raise red flags as dangerous plants wreak havoc on popular shoreline: 'It will completely turn a diverse native habitat into a monoculture'
There is much to be done when it comes to invasive plants. Experts raise red flags as dangerous plants wreak havoc on popular ...
New Zealand Geographic1h
Our deeply toxic relationship with willows
Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...
Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental ...
Religion, politics and war drive urban wildlife evolution, say biologists
The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the ...
One in four Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey
Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...
From extinction to existence: How frozen cells are reviving endangered species
One notable success story is the cloning of Przewalski's horses, once extinct in the wild. Kurt, the first cloned ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN17h
Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger?
It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...
Farming within Earth’s limits is still possible – but it will take a Herculean effort
Flexitarian diets and breeding better livestock can make farming more sustainable. But it will take much more to farm within ...