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This year, scientists at the Natural History Museum discovered 552 new species, including six new dinosaurs, an Indian beetle named after Larry the cat, and dozens of crustaceans important to the planet’s carbon cycle. (Photo : Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) A Plethora of Discovery Researchers described previously unknown species across the

Beads add little weight to fishing gear but might prevent the death of thousands of aquatic creatures. How Researchers Make Nets Visible to Aquatic Creatures Experts believe simple plastic beads could save thousands of porpoises and other cetaceans that are entangled in fishing nets each year, according to The Guardian.  Echolocation is used by harbour

Rarely does a country get the opportunity to spell forth its national goals and draft a new constitution. The climate and ecological catastrophe hardly seldom play a prominent role. (Photo : F. von Blanckenburg, GFZ) That is, until now, in Chile, where a national renaissance is taking place. After months of protests over social and

NATURE PODCAST 29 December 2021 Our podcast highlights of 2021 The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months. Shamini Bundell , Nick Howe , Dan Fox , Noah Baker & Benjamin Thompson Shamini Bundell View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed  Google Scholar

These days, feeding your pets insects is the newest lifestyle choice to help combat climate change. To reduce the massive carbon emissions caused by growing livestock for traditional, meat-based diets, environmentally conscious pet owners feed their animals crickets, mealworms, and black army flies. High in Protein (Photo : Alice Castro) Experts suggest that because insects are

Last year, when just 200 Western monarch butterflies came from their northerly trip in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove, park authorities thought the endangered species might be extinct shortly. (Photo : Getty Images) This year, however, volunteers totaled over 100,000, forming a beautiful swarm of hope that went all the way from Canada to spend the