Lethal bird flu is now spreading in Australia. This is bad news for many native species.
The case is unique, legal scholars say, because of the tension between the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon. The potential consequences could be grave.
The visitor excited the Chesapeake Bay’s boaters and birders alike. The post Rare tropical red-footed booby spotted in Maryland appeared first on Popular Science .
A model developed by Washington State University researchers could someday help communities determine how best to motivate homeowners to prepare their properties for possible wildfires.
The zebra finch is one of the best-studied songbirds and a model for understanding the biology and neuroscience of vocal learning. Now, researchers have produced the first complete genome assembly of the species, revealing thousands of previously hidden genes and chromosome structures.
Humans love to do stupid things to reach far-off places – but even the wildest frontiers on Earth have at least the possibility of a return home Like hoverboards, teleportation or a pair of smart glasses that doesn’t make you look like an absolute twat, space colonisation is a technological adven...