Poor genetic health threatens many species—but it's fixable

One major issue was its poor genetic health, a measure of genetic diversity in an individual or population and how closely ...

Dark matter may be gravitationally lensing a likely source of cosmic neutrinos

Astronomers have discovered that the jet of a distant blazar has been gravitationally lensed by an unseen source of dark ...

Amber fossil reveals firefly relative with unprecedented antennae

Insects rely on a wide range of strategies to sense their surroundings and communicate with their peers. Fireflies ...

New model measures full economic value of accurate hurricane forecasts

When it comes to the cost of a bad forecast, researchers have gone beyond damaged buildings and vehicles to calculate the ...

Study shows university's advising model boosts international students

Ling LeBeau and Steve Schaffling spent five years building and refining a framework for supporting international students at ...

Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?

Bird flu is circulating among birds on the Australian mainland. So, with the confirmed number of detections growing, you may ...

Two eyeless shrimp-like species found in Japan's groundwater are new to science

Researchers have identified two new species in the genus Bogidiella, small shrimp-like amphipods that live in subterranean ...

Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form

You may have heard the phrase "we are made of star-stuff." This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact ...

Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala is downgraded, moves west

Clean-up efforts were underway Sunday as Hurricane Lala, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, rolled past Hawaii's Big ...

The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic

The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes ...

Young people more likely to hold hostile attitudes toward women, study finds

Young people are significantly more likely than older generations to hold hostile attitudes toward women, and these attitudes are being reflected in classroom behavior, according to new research from ...

Miami's largest tree canopies deliver most cooling, monitoring data suggests

People rarely give much thought to the trees around them—until there aren't any. Not when they're driving past them. Not when they're scrolling on a park bench. But on a sweltering Miami afternoon, ...