Climate Change

The ornamental tree that is helping Europe’s first invasive bee to expand: it is very common in gardens and cities

A tree commonly used to decorate streets, parks and gardens could be playing an unexpected role in the expansion of ...

Bubbles, the “bully” bottlenose dolphin: makes fish vomit to steal their meal

Bubbles is a bottlenose dolphin who lives free off the coast of Lady Elliot Island, an island located in the ...

In 1987, they brought 30 bison to a Kansas prairie: 29 years later, the richness of native plants had increased by 103%.

For decades, scientists have studied what happens when large herbivores reoccupy the ecosystems in which they evolved. On a Kansas ...

What is the Pompeii of the Andes (and why does it also tell us about climate)

Almost 22 million years ago the eruption of the Lauca volcanic caldera buried a part of the Chilean Andes, covering ...

They planted it 200 years ago to stop river erosion: the invasive tree in the US that they still cannot eliminate

Planting trees to protect river banks seemed like a difficult decision to question. During the 19th century, the United States ...

The “ghost” bat discovered in Italy

The Theban black bat is an African bat, difficult to spot. Now scientists have found it in Pantelleria. It is ...

A livestock farm once had 40,000 sheep: today its 62,000 hectares are home to more than 40,000 pairs of penguins

At the beginning of the 20th century, thousands of sheep occupied these lands in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz. ...

Bathing in the river or lake with the dog? Beware of algae: the danger of toxins hidden in water

For this year it seems that it’s over, and we can finally put the hottest summer ever in the attic. ...

Scientists pour 62,000 liters of caustic soda into the ocean and dye it pink: this is how they want to capture more CO₂

What happens when scientists dump 62,000 liters of caustic soda into the ocean? In the Gulf of Maine, an area ...