About 10,000 years ago, giant beavers roamed the North American continent, along with now-extinct woolly mammoths and mastodons.
A Giant Beaver Tale Of Extinction
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USGS Kicks Off Innovative Project to Study Harmful Algal Blooms in New York
This week USGS scientists, with support from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, installed technologically advanced monitoring systems to study water-quality conditions and harmful algal blooms—known as HABs—in Owasco and Seneca lakes.
As Bumblebee Diets Narrow, Ours Could Too
There has been a lot of buzz about honeybees’ failing health because they pollinate our produce.
New Study Shows Climate Change, Maternal Care, Parasitic Infection All Connected in South American Fur Seals
South American fur seal pups with high levels of hookworm infection spend more time in the water, but that’s not necessarily a good thing, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Georgia.
Iceland Volcano Eruption in 1783-84 Did Not Spawn Extreme Heat Wave
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe.
New Mission Boosts Understanding of How Ocean Melts Antarctic Ice Sheet
An innovative use of instruments that measure the ocean near Antarctica has helped Australian scientists to get a clearer picture of how the ocean is melting the Antarctic ice sheet.
