Deep in the Florida Everglades, a vast and difficult landscape, scientists are trying a new way…
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In 1925, a hydrothermal explosion reshaped Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin; 101 years later, USGS reconstructed from 1926 letters how a misplaced ‘Black Pearl’ sign shifted the story 1,000 feet from the real geyser
In 1925, a hydrothermal explosion reshaped Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin (Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey) A century-old…
Scientists develop DNA markers to detect Burmese pythons in southern Florida waters, but finding the snakes remains difficult |
Scientists have developed and optimised python-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect Burmese pythons through water…
Yellowstone rangers remove 20,100 pieces of trash from geothermal areas in 2026, including more than 5,000 rocks and sticks, 280 visitor hats and over $18 in coins
Yellowstone rangers uncover 20,100 pieces of trash in geothermal areas. (Photo: NPS) Cleaning up litter may…
Guam had a population of three million invasive brown snakes; then US dropped 2,000 mice stuffed with paracetamol in a $8M operation to curb the population
Wars are no longer just between humans, they are also against invasive predators that completely destroy…
In 2017, USGS released 72.57 kg of red dye into Idaho’s Kootenai River in 90 seconds; aircraft 1,000 metres above mapped the plume in 0.5-metre pixels to study river dispersion
An aircraft followed the plume from above (Representational AI image) In September 2017, the US Geological…
A 1,256-megawatt nuclear reactor on Lake Erie accidentally became a wildlife sanctuary, now spotted turtles nest inside its buffer zone
Alongside the 1,100-acre plot of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, small black shells with yellow dots…
Philippines Earthquake: Southern Philippines jolted by powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Wednesday, with the United States Geological…
Scientists are turning air filters into DNA collectors that can detect traces of wildlife, viruses and human activity from particles floating in the air
Air filters trap biological particles along with ordinary dust and pollution, allowing laboratory sequencing to reveal…
What is a ‘doublet’ earthquake? The science behind Venezuela’s strongest quake in over a century
The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela’s northern coast on Wednesday, killing more than 180 people,…