October 18, 2026

Science

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In 2019, Wisconsin turned 87,000 cubic yards of harbor dredge into 14 acres of shorebird habitat; in 2026, endangered piping plovers nested there for the first time since 1977, ending a 49-year absence

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Conservationists in Wisconsin have reached an important milestone in Great Lakes wildlife restoration after a pair of...
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To help read 2,000-year-old scrolls burned by Vesuvius, Berkeley scientists had students write on modern papyrus, then burned it; leaded ink absorbed up to 25 times more X-rays than charred papyrus

Aj Mix Editor September 18, 2026
Representative Image (AI-generated) What if the best way to understand a 2,000-year-old burned scroll is to make...
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From tens of millions to just 1,000: 140 years after America’s national mammal vanished in the 1880s, indigenous tribes and conservationists are helping bring it back to the prairie

Aj Mix Editor September 18, 2026
For America, bison have always been more than just an ordinary animal. The largest land mammal in...
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Scientists analysed DNA from 38 wild cats and discovered one was a species nobody had recognised; the 3-pound Bolivian cat is the first new living feline described in over a century

Aj Mix Editor September 18, 2026
The biggest mystery is how many tilcayo cats are actually living in the wild. Researchers currently cannot...
Read More Read more about Scientists analysed DNA from 38 wild cats and discovered one was a species nobody had recognised; the 3-pound Bolivian cat is the first new living feline described in over a century
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World’s last known wild Chilean tree daisy gets a lifeline as conservationists use ropes to support its only survivor and two seedlings arrive at a Scottish garden |

Aj Mix Editor September 18, 2026
A rare tree daisy from Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island is receiving a new lifeline after two seedlings...
Read More Read more about World’s last known wild Chilean tree daisy gets a lifeline as conservationists use ropes to support its only survivor and two seedlings arrive at a Scottish garden |