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Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape

Noise from traffic and industrial sources disrupts Bay Area bird behavior, stress responses, and vocalizations, posing challenges for conservation.
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fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Get to know the western spotted skunk - High Country News

Western spotted skunks are small, nocturnal carnivores widespread in western North American forests, requiring targeted monitoring and habitat protection to prevent declines.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs

Wild wolves have been observed using ropes as tools to pull submerged crab traps, expanding known nonhuman tool use beyond previously documented species.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Greetings from the Rhone Glacier, where a gash of pink highlights how it's melting

"What do you think would look better: pink or green?" The bubblegum hue won. A scientist from the Swiss public university ETH Zurich nodded, pulling out a bottle of pink dye to release from the top of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Turning the rivulet flowing down a melting glacier into a bright-pink stream was the least scientific test carried out this day.
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