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Scientists built a wood-based sponge that pulls water from air as dry as 15% humidity; it produced up to 1.72 litres per kg per day

Aj Mix Editor September 14, 2026

Image: AI-generated representation of a wood-based sponge that pulls water from air as dry as 15% humidity...

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Mexico brought bison back to the Chihuahuan Desert after they were hunted to extinction 160 years ago; within months, they began restoring soil and the ecosystem |

Aj Mix Editor September 14, 2026

Mexico has brought American bison back to parts of the Chihuahuan Desert after the animals disappeared from...

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In 1837, New Zealand imported possums for a fur trade; 189 years later, aerial photos show they have damaged about half the vulnerable trees in one rare South Island forest

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

PossumsRepresentative image In 1837, New Zealand introduced Australian brushtail possums in the hope of building a profitable...

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Australia planted vast commercial forests across the Green Triangle; decades later, wetlands are running dangerously low |

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

Wetland in South Australia. Image Credit: Department for Environment and Water (South Australian Government) Australia’s Green Triangle...

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Scientists asked volunteers to live like earthworms, otters and kestrels for weeks; the strange experiment changed how they saw human landscapes |

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

Human activities can look very different through the senses of a wild animal. A pioneering project in...

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In 2016, NSW began fencing feral cats and foxes out of three reserves; 10 years later, 13 locally extinct species had returned, some after 100+ years, and were breeding again

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

Thirteen native animal species that had become locally extinct in New South Wales have returned and started...

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In 2015, Hawaii rescued fragments of a coral found only in Kaneohe Bay; after its wild colonies disappeared, scientists grew it in a nursery and returned it to the reef

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

Acropora muricata, Heron Island, Australia. (Photo Credit: Claire Lager, Smithsonian) A rare coral species found nowhere else...

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Scientists removed trout from a California mountain lake; the recovery was visible not just in frogs, but in insects and birds |

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

In the high-elevation lakes of California’s Sierra Nevada, trout introduced into mountain lakes are affecting more than...

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Scientists collected 49 spider webs in Australia; their DNA revealed 85 vertebrate species hiding nearby |

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

Spider webs may hold a surprising record of the animals living nearby. A study found that genetic...

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World’s only truly wild horse was once extinct in the wild; 40 years ago China began making efforts to bring it back, and now their population tops 900 and are independently reproducing

Aj Mix Editor September 13, 2026

​2025 monitoring data showed the horses were reproducing without constant human intervention. The Przewalski’s horse, considered the...

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