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Scientists test captive female Burmese pythons as lures in Florida’s Everglades, but the experiment fails to increase wild python detections |

Aj Mix Editor September 29, 2026

Researchers in Florida have tested whether Burmese python pheromones could work as a lure, because low detectability...

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A 2,400-year-old ancient school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great has been unearthed by archaeologists in Greece

Aj Mix Editor September 29, 2026

Among some of the great philosophers of the world was Aristotle and among some of the great...

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55-million-year-old fossil bird reveals how trogons evolved their unusual feet; reversed toe came before the big toe shrank |

Aj Mix Editor September 29, 2026

PC: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology A fossil bird from Denmark is helping researchers understand how the unusual...

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Scientists left bamboo forests alone for 30 years; biomass rose 161% and phosphorus stocks increased 379% |

Aj Mix Editor September 29, 2026

Passive rewilding, an emerging concept in restoration ecology, typically involves the cessation of management in plantations, removing...

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Scientists built artificial beaver dams for streams; bat activity rose 3.9 times and amphibians bred where they had been absent |

Aj Mix Editor September 29, 2026

Image: Left/Ronnie Howard/Right/Canva Beavers can reshape streams simply by building dams, slowing flowing water and creating ponds...

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Engineers mixed rice-husk ash into asphalt; the farm waste could make roads more resistant to high-temperature damage |

Aj Mix Editor September 28, 2026

Rice husk ash, a waste material from rice mills, may help make asphalt stiffer and more resistant...

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‘Satellite-as-a-Service’: IN-SPACe sets rules for hosted Indian, foreign payloads

Aj Mix Editor September 28, 2026

New framework allows Indian entities to offer satellite capacity to domestic and overseas customers BENGALURU: Space regulator-cum-promoter...

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Illinois is starting a roughly $15 million restoration of 794 acres at Dutch Gap Forest Preserve, reversing more than a century of farm drainage to rebuild wetlands, streams, prairie and savanna

Aj Mix Editor September 28, 2026

A major ecological change is beginning in northern Illinois, where conservation officials are reversing more than a...

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After 40 years without nesting, western snowy plovers have returned to a California beach; a conservation programme has now released 212 birds since 2016 and is using tracking tags to follow their movements

Aj Mix Editor September 28, 2026

The 11 plovers released this year were fitted with tracking devices that use radio and Bluetooth signals...

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Scientists kept large herbivores out of a Kenyan savanna for 18 years; after elephants and giraffes returned, tree cover fell to earlier levels |

Aj Mix Editor September 28, 2026

For 18 years, researchers kept large herbivores out of fenced plots in a Kenyan savanna to study...

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