Volunteers, staff, and contractors removing derelict fencing – credit, American Prairie The largest private land conservation project in America passed a milestone of rewilding the Great Plains last year. The nonprofit American Prairie recently celebrated the new year with a report that it had successfully removed the 100th mile of derelict barbed wire fencing on … Read more
credit – Cleveland Metroparks A slender North American predator not seen in parts of Ohio for 200 years has started returning to its former habitat. The fisher was extirpated from the state in the 19th century due to fur trapping. Back in 2013, it was spotted again for the first time in northern Ashtabula County, … Read more
Cluster of young stars known as the Christmas Tree Cluster and Collagen fibers and fat cells appearing under a laser microscope Credit: Chandra X-ray Observatory and Nikon Small World contest -SWNS A microscopic ‘Christmas tree’ is a seasonal highlight of a remarkable science project that found eerie comparisons between the vast and the tiny. Curated … Read more
A view from the South Unit Scenic Loop – credit, National Parks Service One of the most beautiful drives in the Midwest, the South Unit Scenic Road in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) has finally reopened after a 6-year closure. The reconstruction required a $51 million investment from an important park fund and the Dept. … Read more
Tribal Secretary Tara Fouch-Moore at the western edge of the property – credit Pacific Forest Trust Nearly 900 acres of land bordering Yosemite National Park have been transferred back to tribal ownership after 175 years, The transfer from Pacific Forest Trust to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation provides the tribe with ownership of the naturally … Read more
A side-by-side comparison of two different moons – credit, Marco Langbroek, the Netherlands, using a Canon EOS 450D + Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar MC 180mm lens / Marcoaliaslama, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 2025 has been blessed with three consecutive supermoons in the autumn skies, with the final one of the trio visible tonight … Read more
Deforestation in Colombia’s Amazonas Department – credit: Lowfill Tarmak, via Flickr. It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now free from future oil and mineral extraction. The news that half a million square kilometers of territory in the Amazon biome of Colombia … Read more
The earwig’s delicate, paper-thin wings can open 10x their folded size due to its origami-like creases – Credit: ETH Zurich / Purdue University (Article by Rohini Subrahmanyam originally published by Knowable Magazine) As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor swims around hunting for food, it does something remarkable: In a blink, the tiny protist extends its … Read more
Andrew Fusek Peters photographed a great tit (Parus major) from his kitchen window in Shropshire, England – SWNS Stunning pictures from England show hungry birds feasting on sunflower seeds in a gorgeous autumn scene. Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured the magical moment from his kitchen in Shropshire, as the birds dove into the seeds to … Read more