Spiders also have REM sleep (and sleep like us humans)
Why do we sleep? Despite being one of the main activities of our day, sleep still remains partly a mystery. ...
In 1929 they took this small bird to Hawaii to combat pests: almost a century later it threatens native species
A small green bird measuring just about ten centimeters has become one of the most revealing examples of the risks ...
The mushroom that makes you see gnomes
Lilliputian hallucinations are one of the most bizarre phenomena linked to the already very strange world of mushrooms. It is ...
They bought 47 hectares in Maryland for hunting and 20 years later they had turned it into a wildlife refuge with trees, flowers and wetlands
When Louise and John Durocher purchased a large rural property in Kent County, Maryland, United States, their initial purpose was ...
The black swallower, the fish that has overindulged in food
For fish that live in the ocean depths, food is a resource that is as scarce as it is precious: ...
A family protects their 12-hectare farm forever: their oak trees have become a refuge for bats, turkeys and hundreds of species of caterpillars
A relatively small farm can acquire enormous ecological value when it stops being an isolated place and becomes part of ...
Cuddling cats reduces stress, both ours and theirs
Cuddling cats (and dogs too) is a complicated science: we know that it works, in the sense that in the ...
The Atlantic Current (AMOC) is slowing down: confirmation comes from satellites
A study conducted with satellite data from 1985 to 2023 recorded a decline in heat released from the ocean to ...