Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton.
By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest
Scientists working in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in central New Hampshire map the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it to better understand a changing forest.
A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it
The Ethiopian wolf is a reddish-brown solitary hunter only found in the highlands of Ethiopia. Scientists have discovered something new about these creatures — the carnivorous wolf may also be a pollinator.
Monarch butterflies will get federal protections as a threatened species
U.S. wildlife officials have announced a decision to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.