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In 2003, scientists began closely examining how an old hunting technique called fladry could be transformed into a modern, non-lethal tool for reducing conflicts between wolves and livestock. Originally used in parts of Eastern Europe and Russia to guide wolves toward traps, lines of hanging flags were later tested as a way to keep wolves away from vulnerable livestock areas.

On an August morning in 2025, a research vessel in the Gulf of Maine released 16,500 gallons of sodium hydroxide (lye) into the ocean while a plume of bright pink dye spread across the water's surface. To onlookers, the vivid pink patch looked alarming.

When it comes to their dear dead ones, many people are always vying for that one last conversation. The one where they can let them know just how much they were loved, how immensely impactful they were to the people in their lives and yes, that they were missed.

For many years, scientists and pet owners have regarded reptiles as animals that primarily act on instinct. Being cold-blooded and solitary, lizards were believed not to use social learning as much as mammals or birds do because of their solitary habits.

A coral reef off the coast of Benin, long presumed dead, has just been found alive and full of activity, more than sixty years after scientists first wrote it off. Old surveys from the 1960s, carried out mainly to locate good fishing spots, had picked up signs of a possible deep-water reef sitting more than fifty metres below the surface.

A new study published in the journal Geosystems and Geoenvironment has identified the 2.56-billion-year-old Pichhore orbicular granite in Madhya Pradesh as one of the world's oldest known orbicular granites. The ancient rock has drawn geologists' attention because of its unusual spherical structures, known as orbicules, which are rarely found anywhere in the world.

For generations, people have viewed the high-pitched squeaks and chirps in prairie dog colonies as simple alarm signals. When a predator or unfamiliar visitor approached, a series of sharp barks would quickly spread through the colony, prompting nearby animals to become alert or retreat underground.

For many years, farmers in rural areas that share land with elephants have faced repeated problems each harvest season. Huge elephants eat large amounts of crops at night.

Seen from the air, Channel Country in outback Australia looks like a vast, living tapestry. A web of rivers and creeks fans out across more than 280,000 square kilometres of desert, creating one of the world's last truly free-flowing arid river systems.