4-foot-long island predator found ‘enveloping’ an attacker. It’s a new species
On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a “large” 4-foot-long predator but ended up becoming its prey instead. A scientist stumbled up on the scene and watched the “shiny” animal ...
‘Golden’-eyed creature with ‘slender’ toes found in Peru forest. It’s a new species
Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” eyes scanned the surroundings — but it wasn’t the only one looking. Passing ...
This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning
Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...
Tree rings from Canada's Gaspésie mountains reveal effects of global warming dating back almost a century
A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the ...