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The year's biggest climate summit is in Dubai. Organizers want to use it to make oil deals

It’s as bizarre as it sounds.

Empowering women leads to diverse and nutrient-rich crops

Want to have better crops? Here's a solution.

People feel overwhelmed by climate change. Study shows it's because they want governments and companies to do more

Citizens feel that the main responsibility for making major climate changes rests on the govt and private entities

New tool can automatically detect methane plumes using machine learning

Reducing methane emissions can have an immediate effect in global warming.

Coal particle pollution is twice as deadly as that from other sources

Pollution from coal-fired power plants is much more deadly than previously thought. But there is also some very good news.

This sea worm’s butt swims away to reproduce, and we finally know how

It’s been a head scratcher for years -- but the answer was in the rear end.

The ultra-rich and ultra-polluting: Richest 1% emit as much greenhouse gas as two-thirds of mankind

Report calls to fairly tax the super-rich to curb climate change and inequality

Mysterious canine illness on the rise across multiple US states linked to unusual microbe

A tiny bacterium may be causing a deadly respiratory illness in dogs across the U.S.

Half of the caviar in Europe is illegal, and some isn’t even caviar

The existing regulations are simply not working.

Bat species caught on church camera performing unique mating ritual

Serotine bats have penises seven times longer and wider than their female counterparts' vaginas

Portugal ran on 100% renewables for almost a week — and the records keep pilling up

The country is a leader in clean energy in Europe, with ambitious plans ahead

The birth of the world’s first chimeric monkey

The monkey chimera is created from pluripotent stem cells and contains two distinct sets of DNA.

Fishing chimpanzees in Tanzania enjoy termites as a seasonal treat

Just as with humans the fish (in this case termites) aren't always biting.

Before humans, Europe was a very different continent

Researchers call to reassess what our idea of what European nature is

Global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C are failing in every way

Report translates the Paris Agreement’s temperature limits to specific targets

Rare egg-laying mammal resurfaces in astonishing comeback

It was photographed for the first time in an Indonesian tropical forest

For the first time, AI produces better weather predictions -- and it's very fast

Machine learning algorithms digested decades of weather data -- and then made better forecasts than ever before.

We finally know how hummingbirds fly through gaps that are too small for their wings

Study brings new light to their amazing abilities.

Researchers uncover mysterious new moth species living in Europe

It was difficult to understand its features and many questions still remain open

From Gray to Green: How Building With Nature May Save Our Fragile Coastlines

Our coasts are increasingly under pressure. To protect them, we need to work with nature.

Researchers discover new beetle species with bottle-opener shaped genitalia

They even named it after a beer company.

This naturalist collected flowers 500 years ago. Now, researchers used the collection to show impact of climate change

Plants in Bologna have changed quite a bit since the 1500s

From Titanic to AI-tanic: AI shatters speed barriers in iceberg surveillance

The new program can map an iceberg quicker than you can blink.

New butterfly-inspired imaging sensor could help scientists detect cancer earlier

It could make surgeries safer and improve outcomes.

Just like humans, rats have imagination and use it to picture places they've visited

They can precisely and flexibly control their hippocampal activity

Researchers are rushing to cryofreeze at-risk plants and save them from extinction

Native plants in Australia are in grave danger due to a fungal disease. Here is how cryopreservation might save them.

Jaguar haven in Brazil burns amid ‘new normal’ of wildfires

Wildfires scorched a fifth of the Pantanal’s Encontro das Águas State Park, home to the highest concentration of jaguars in Brazil.

Bacteria-based biosensor can monitor water pollution without an external power source

Researchers have found a way to monitor water quality continuously and cheaply.

Scientists have finally figured out where the starfish head is: it's everywhere

Study shows the arms are actually extensions of its head

Sunflowers “see” the sun in a completely different way than we thought

The plants don’t use conventional processes to follow the sun.

Chimpanzees conduct military tactics when spying on other tribes

Hopefully night-vision goggles aren't next.

Can we deploy solar farms in space? These scientists think so

The next big thing in clean energy is literally above our heads.

We're running out of time: World's carbon budget is depleting much faster than expected

Wth current greenhouse gas emissions, the world's carbon budget will be exhausted by 2029, making the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target increasingly challenging to achieve.

Nature may have sculpted the Great Sphinx before humans

New research reveals that the iconic Great Sphinx of Giza might have been sculpted by nature's winds before human artisans gave it its final form.

For the first time, researchers have shown that wild chimps can also undergo menopause

Study looks at over 100 chimps living in a national park in Uganda

Roosters might be able to recognize themselves in the mirror, showing signs of developed cognition

Only a few animals have so far passed the mirror self-recognition test. This could have important moral implications.

Globetrotting seabird catches 11-hour ride over 1,000 kilometers on a typhoon

Taking 'riders on the storm' the the next level.

Bitcoin is even worse for the environment than we thought

It's not just greenhouse gas emissions. Bitcoin is affecting land and water quality, too.

Scientists discover ancient landscape larger than Belgium beneath Antarctic ice

Beneath the Antarctic expanse, researchers have found a landscape frozen in time, providing clues about the continent's history and future challenges.