The little owl, Athene noctua, is a small nocturnal owl and is classified as an endangered species on the German Red List.
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At 3,836 Mph, Which Way Does the Air Flow?
If you’ve ever been to an air show, or lived near an air force base, you’re familiar with sonic booms.
UM Study Suggests Climate Change Limits Forest Recovery After Wildfires
New University of Montana research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following wildfires in low-elevation forests, which could contribute to abrupt forest loss.
Heat Waves Will Soon Be the New Normal
Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages — like the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit the Earth’s temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius.
Asteroid Bennu, Target of NASA’s Sample Return Mission, Is Rotating Faster over Time
In late 2018, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over the next several years.
A Plastic-Eating Robot Shark Was Just Deployed off the UK Coast
A marine drone called the WasteShark is busy cleaning up plastic waste off the coast of Devon in the United Kingdom, according to the Independent.