Biology

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Mar 28, 2023

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball

An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth


A few poems Maine Gov. Janet Mills wrote over the years
Feb 13, 2023

A few poems Maine Gov. Janet Mills wrote over the years

Maine’s Democratic Gov_ Janet Mills says poems “elevate our soul.”


Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach
Feb 2, 2023

Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris


Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics
Jan 31, 2023

Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics

A company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors


Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
Dec 27, 2022

Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage

Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a quest to ease the nation's organ shortage


Famed LA mountain lion euthanized following health problems
Dec 17, 2022

Famed LA mountain lion euthanized following health problems

P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and became a symbol of urban pressures on wildlife, has been euthanized


Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
Dec 7, 2022

Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities

With many types of wildlife struggling to survive and their living space shrinking, some are finding their way to big cities


Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world
Nov 17, 2022

Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world

Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s natural wonders, an underwater rainbow jungle teeming with life that scientists say is showing some of the clearest signs yet of climate change


Their lagoons languishing, precious Spanish wetlands go dry
Nov 8, 2022

Their lagoons languishing, precious Spanish wetlands go dry

Flamingos, herons and fish once filled a freshwater lagoon in southern Spain


Sparkling fish, murky methods: the global aquarium trade
Oct 19, 2022

Sparkling fish, murky methods: the global aquarium trade

Millions of saltwater fish are caught in Indonesia and other countries every year to fill aquariums around the world, contributing to the degradation of delicate coral ecosystems


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