Ornamental flowers that brighten our gardens could be quietly harming butterflies in ways scientists are only beginning to understand, according to a new study.
The hidden costs of beautiful gardens: How invasive plants rewrite butterfly romance Read Post »
7/9/2026: Ukraine’s embattled bison, Ice Age squirrel poop shows they ate dead mammoths, California’s wild horse roundup creates controversy, bats are confused by radiation, and more…
The State of Nature Update #27 Read Post »
By raising hatchlings in captivity through their first winter, researchers hope more threatened turtles survive to adulthood.
How scientists are giving rare turtle babies a head start on life Read Post »
Scientists expected tropical species to be hardest hit. Instead, nearly half of animals and plants in North America and Europe are disappearing from parts of their range.
Climate change is already causing local extinctions. The biggest surprise is where. Read Post »
New research finds large areas of suitable habitat remain, but highways, cities and human conflict may prevent wolves from returning on their own.
Wolves could expand across the eastern U.S. – but they might need help Read Post »
6/6/2026: Elephant poop’s outsized effects on habitat, death of a butterfly’s last caterpillar, daddy longlegs hunt frogs, tracking a nesting sea turtle, conservation as a solution for climate change, and more…
The State of Nature Update #26 Read Post »
Researchers uncovered dozens of previously unknown PFAS chemicals in the Lake Huron food web.
Hidden ‘forever chemicals’ found in Great Lakes fish raise new health concerns Read Post »
How native flowers, less pesticides and habitats offer real hope for struggling bees.
It’s “No Mow May.” But does not mowing your lawn in May really help bees? Read Post »