ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATESee more photos of the bearded reedling that will steal your hearts with their perfect splits! The common characteristics of birds is that they have feathers, wings, lays an egg, and they are warm-blooded.
Are you a cat or dog person? Check these videos out and see how cats maneuver through obstacles in their way differently from dogs. It's pretty hilarious, you don't want to miss it. Click the link to view the videos.
A study revealed heavy rainfall amplified the 2018 Kilauea eruption in Hawaii, according to a study published in Nature. It may also happen to other volcanoes in the future and, with the help of climate change, make things infinitely worse.
The population of land-insects worldwide is declining by 24% in 30 years and scientists found that flying insects such as the butterflies are struggling the most.
Watch the adorable footage of Holnicote Estate’s new residents. Two pairs of beavers have been introduced into two enclosures at the estate as part of the Riverlands project which aims to restore the river into its natural state with the help of the semiaquatic rodents. Click the link above to watch the video and learn more.
Scientists say the discovery of19 enormous ancient underwater landslides that accumulated over 2.25 million years point out that the tsunami might happen soon, and those mitigation strategies should be alerted. Click the link above to read more.
A jellyfish has been seen swimming in the Venice canals, which has been virtually empty because of the government's lockdown due to COVID-19. Other marine life emerged ever since, with air pollution reduced significantly.
European Space Agency satellite data show 60 percent higher than the national average of methane leaking from a vast U.S. oil- and natural gas-producing region.
It's springtime in Japan. Cherry blossoms are in bloom and tulips of different colors are displayed all in rows; unfortunately, not this year. Officials have mowed rows of tulips in Sakura city's Sakura Furusato Hiroba, to comply with measures to avoid crowds during the coronavirus crisis. Click the link above to read the full story.
Good news! Several koalas that survived the recent Australian bushfires are now re-released to the Lake Innes Nature Reserve in New South Wales. After recuperating in the Koala Hospital in New South Wales, the marsupials are now ready to start anew in the wild. Read the full story. Click the link above.
Four bats that were discovered in Africa are sister species of the horseshoe bat, the source of the SARS-CoV-2 or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, which caused the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Oh no! Scientists have discovered microplastics in a block of Antarctic sea ice drilled in 2009. The discovery is proof that human pollution has now reached even the remote areas on Earth, affecting even the tiniest of creatures. Click the link above to read the full story.