A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding itself caught in a coyote snare — something the institute says has happened before. New Brunswick trappers group says education can help avoid catching non-target species. A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding …
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North Atlantic right whales should live past 100 years old. They’re dying around 22
North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests. Researcher says reduced lifespan due to ship strikes, entanglements, climate change. North Atlantic right …
Read More »‘Dinosaur highway’ uncovered in England dating back 166 million years
A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a ‘dinosaur highway’ and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. More than 200 footprints found from giant, long-necked sauropods and fierce predator Megalosaurus. ‘Dinosaur …
Read More »See some amazing new species discovered in 2024
It’s the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of their coolest finds, from the world’s biggest hummingbird to a gecko that looks …
Read More »Moon’s bygone magnetic field present 2 billion years ago
Image released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Dec. 4, 2020 shows China’s national flag unfurled from the Chang’e-5 probe on the moon. (CNSA/Handout via Xinhua) BEIJING – A new analysis of samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission has revealed that the moon possessed a weak yet still running dynamo …
Read More »What to look forward to in space in 2025
This year, we were treated with a total solar eclipse, fantastic displays of the northern lights, spectacular meteor showers and impressive rocket launches. Here’s what’s in store for the year ahead. From meteor showers to lunar missions to Mars flybys, there’s a lot happening in 2025. Every year, we get …
Read More »An underwater volcano off the West Coast could erupt before the end of 2025
Axial Seamount is a large, young volcano located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, about 480 kilometres west off the Oregon coast. Following its discovery in 1970, the volcano has become the site of the world’s first underwater observatory, providing crucial information for researchers working to better understand volcanic …
Read More »Volunteers monitor Nova Scotia beaches for climate science
A citizen-science coastal monitoring project supported the Anglican Church and Dalhousie is filling in data gaps on Nova Scotia’s wildest stretch of coastline — and bringing community together in the process. Monitoring project collects weather, erosion data. In the fading December light at the causeway beach on Sober Island, N.S., …
Read More »Sea lion on B.C. highway gets police escort back to safety
Ucluelet RCMP Const. Mark Macdonnell said when he received the report about a sea lion on the highway nearly 10 kilometres inland from the ocean, he was skeptical. 150 kilogram California sea lion spotted far from the ocean by a driver who at first thought it was a bear. A …
Read More »Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
This handout picture taken and released by the North-Eastern Federal University on December 23, 2024, shows the carcass of a baby mammoth, which is estimated to be over 50,000 years old, during its presentation in Yakutsk (Michil Yakovlev / North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia — Russian …
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