Researchers have discovered geometric, hollow, ball-like structures in 80-million-year-old fossils of bizarre marine animals. Palaeobiologists Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill and Aaron Hunter identified the ...
These animals prove you don't need human hands to create something remarkable. The natural world is full of amazing creatures that build incredible structures. From tiny insects to large mammals, ...
Human intervention plays a big role in the success of ecological recovery, but sometimes, nature still does it better. A recently published study in the Journal of Applied Ecology calculated the rates ...
Bat boxes originally meant to keep the small mammals warm during the winter months could just as easily become their deathbeds during the summer. Researchers from the University of New England did a ...
Beavers are some of nature's best helpers, as the dams they build create wetlands, help control flooding, increase biodiversity, reduce erosion, and much more. Researchers from the University of ...
Interstate 90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States. Spanning more than 3,000 miles, it connects Seattle in the west to Boston in the east. But it also serves as a massive concrete ...
Abandoned spaces can quickly revert to habitats for a wide variety of species, showing how resilient nature is in recovering ...
Bacterial biofilms contain a level of structural organisation that we thought was unique to plants and animals. Biofilms, slimy clumps of microorganisms like bacteria and fungi, were long thought to ...
The stretch of Trans-Canada highway that runs through Banff National Park was once incredibly dangerous for animals and motorists alike, but today the park has more wildlife crossing structures than ...