Former Maine governor spent three decades buying land for wilderness park
By Natural History · Sep 10, 2026
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Cattle parasite rewires fly genes to make infected animals more attractive prey
By Natural History · Sep 10, 2026
Dog and human eye contact triggers the bonding hormone that connects mothers and babies
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 9, 2026
Tuna farms attract record gathering of 150 eagle rays scavenging scraps
By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026
Teenager's jar of jellyfish reveals previously unknown species to science
By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026
We tend to think humans domesticated wolves, but one influential hypothesis proposes some Ice Age wolves began the process themselves by…
By The Long View · Sep 9, 2026
Decades of wildlife counts on a Panama island could span a century
By Natural History · Sep 9, 2026
Monarch butterflies navigate 4,000 km using sun and internal clock
By Daniel Moran · Sep 9, 2026
Brainless slime mould recreates Tokyo's rail system with uncanny efficiency
By Daniel Moran · Sep 9, 2026
Rescuers discovered why a hedgehog ballooned up and how to deflate it
By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026
Britain's beaver comeback creates a climate fix—and a flooding headache
By Natural History · Sep 9, 2026
Botanists name rare parasitic "devil flower" after discovering fewer than 50 exist in the wild
By Lab Report · Sep 9, 2026