14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (259+ words) A 'high alert' for bird migration over the Chicago area remains in effect through Sunday night as tens of thousands of birds continue to fly over the region each night. The alert comes as millions of birds migrated over Illinois…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (371+ words) A decade after Fukushima's evacuation, escaped farm pigs bred with wild boars—but nature is erasing the domestic legacy faster than anyone predicted. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit When the sirens emptied the towns around…...

18+ hour, 18+ min ago   (495+ words) A bird feeder might seem like it can go anywhere on a tree with little impact to its performance, but the correct location might actually surprise you. There is an undeniable joy in the simple act of inviting nature into…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (123+ words) Anchorage, like many other places has not yet figured out that when the yard is covered in guano it is not the time to add more feeders and nest boxes! Okay, it is an old article but still right on…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (285+ words) Zoo hours change Sept. 15. The Zoo will be open 8 a.m.–4 p.m., with last entry at 3 p.m. View Zoo hours. See the new Asian elephant calf Linh Mai at Smithsonian's National Zoo live on camera. Looking for the perfect gift? Support animal…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (597+ words) The genomes of true frogs have long puzzled geneticists. Amphibians are famous for carrying some of the largest and most repetitive genomes among vertebrates, and yet the detailed architecture of their repetitive DNA has remained poorly explored compared with mammals,…...