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Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

Perched on Tasmania's wild north-west coast, Cape Grim has been quietly tracking the world's cleanest air for 50 years. Its ...

Scientists find that ecosystems across Africa follow similar patterns, with vegetation and human impact shaping food webs in ...

Researchers and conservationists alike recognize that beavers (Castor canadensis) are vital ecosystem engineers who can help ...

In his book Black Sun, Edward Abbey called butterflies “flying flowers”. I think of that line when I see western tiger ...

The next wave of social media will focus on building action-oriented platforms where people can build‚ collaborate‚ and ...

University of Queensland researchers are urging governments to use newly created national data to protect the country's last ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants to other animals, and it's been said that we are all ...

If one considers the history of human progress, many breakthroughs were driven either by government or by business. Powerful political leaders and savvy entrepreneurs have accomplished a lot. Yet a ...

The island fox nearly vanished due to predators but made a strong recovery through conservation efforts on the Channel ...

New sister company debuts on founder Don G. King’s birthday, introducing a solution-first model that integrates ...