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Czech Republic: Pricey dam project 7 years in the making finished by beavers for free
8 February 2025 - 'Beavers always know best,' said an environmental official in the Czech Republic, where the animals commandeered construction. When a long-planned infrastructure project in the Czech Republic hit a snag, beavers took the reins. (more)
These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
7 February 2025 - Officials in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic were at an impasse. Despite securing more than one million dollars' worth of funding for a new dam to address water issues, the project had stalled after seven years of planning because the necessary building permits for such a structure couldn't be acquired. But then, everyone woke up one morning in January to find that the job had been completed -- by eight beavers. For free. (more)
Humpback whale song and human language are more similar than you might think. Here's why
6 February 2025 - Humpback whale song is structured in a similar way to human language -- with shorter sounds used far more often than more complex ones -- a structure which helps infants quickly learn how to communicate from their elders in both species. (more)
Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language
6 February 2025 - Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in humpback whale song. (more)
Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles' 'lost years'
5 February 2025 - Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave the beach and when they return to coastlines nearly grown -- a span of about one to 10 years. New research published Tuesday [4 February] begins to fill in that gap. (more)
'Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity': the women lighting up Zanzibar
4 February 2025 - Women with little to no formal education are being trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages. (more)
American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally
3 February 2025 - Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle -- the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky -- is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft of sorts since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the thriving birds off its endangered species list with more states following suit. Culturally, too, the animals are soaring. (more)
'It's incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife': inside England's biggest bird sanctuary
1 February 2025 - It covers more than 50 square kilometres of blanket bog, heath, meadows, and woodland and rises from a valley floor to the 640m summit of Cold Fell in the north Pennines. This is RSPB [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds] Geltsdale, and it will now be the organization's largest English bird sanctuary when the society announces this week that it has bought land that expands the existing reserve by a third. (more)
Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest
1 February 2025 - The first step towards creating a Celtic rainforest - a now extremely rare habitat that once covered large swathes of the west coast of Britain - has been completed in Devon. More than 2,500 native trees have been planted so far this winter at Devon Wildlife Trust's Bowden Pillars site, above the Dart valley ... In decades to come, these trees...will form a temperate rainforest, sometimes known as a Celtic or Atlantic rainforest. (more)
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
31 January 2025 - A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday [30 January] after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki -- now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name -- is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. (more)
Study finds India doubled its tiger population in a decade and credits conservation efforts
30 January 2025 - India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities' living standards near tiger areas, a study published Thursday [30 January] found. (more)
Millions around the world celebrate Lunar New Year and ring in the Year of the Snake
29 January 2025 - Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday [29 January] in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year. From Beijing to Havana, the holiday -- known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam, and Seollal in Korea -- is a major festival celebrated in many countries. Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. (more)
Move over peanuts, pistachio is the latest trend for Hong Kong New Year treats
29 January 2025 - A Hong Kong culinary institution is acknowledging that changing times bring changing tastes and has found a hit in adding American pistachios to the range of flavors in its famed dumplings. ...Demand is especially strong around the Lunar New Year, which fell on Wednesday [29 Jan]...Pistachios are not a traditional ingredient in Hong Kong food, but they are known as 'hoi sum gwo' in Cantonese, which translates literally as 'happy nut', because the split shell looks like a smile. (more)
Lunar New Year prayers and incense usher in the Year of the Snake
29 January 2025 - Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday [29 Jan] as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake. (more)
What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
29 January 2025 - On January 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks, and other festivities. In many Asian countries, it is a festival that is celebrated for several days. In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across Asia celebrate the new year in many ways and may follow a different zodiac. (more)
China and India agree to resume direct commercial flights for first time in five years
28 January 2025 - China and India have agreed to resume direct commercial flights for the first time in five years, in the latest sign of warming relations between the world's two most populous countries. Flights between India and mainland China were suspended at the onset of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, and remained halted following subsequent political tensions. (more)
Starwatch: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn reveal the ecliptic
27 January 2025 - This week we can observe four of the five naked-eye planets (Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, but not Mercury) with the added bonus of a young moon, too. In doing so, we will be able to discern the ecliptic: the plane of the solar system, which defines the path in the sky that the sun, moon, and planets all follow. (more)
Planet Parade 2025: Rare phenomenon featuring Venus, Saturn enthralls skygazers
26 January 2025 - Planet Parade 2025: Though such alignments aren't unheard of, this particular formation was special due to the sheer number of planets visible together. Six planets ... made an appearance together in a celestial spectacle that captured the attention of sky-gazers across the globe on Saturday night. The stunning planetary alignment is known as the 'planet parade.' ...On social media, the excitement was palpable and several users share images and videos of the spectacle. (more)
A parade of planets will be visible to the naked eye all month
26 January 2025 - Over the next few weeks, a stunning parade of planets will glow across the night sky, putting on a celestial spectacle that both amateur and seasoned stargazers can easily observe. All month, four planets -- Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars -- will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA. (more)
'Keep moving forward': Yunupingu leads Australia Day honours
25 January 2025 - The late Yolngu Indigenous rights activist Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has posthumously been appointed a companion of the Order of Australia in this year's Australia Day honours list, where he is joined by emeritus professor Gillian Triggs, the former head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Cobble Cobble constitutional lawyer and Indigenous advocate scientia professor Megan Davis. (more)
Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from the Netherlands
24 January 2025 - Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia's National Museum, providing a glimpse into the country's rich heritage that the government had struggled to retrieve. ...The agreement to return cultural objects was inspired by the new era of global restitution and repatriation efforts. (more)
Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
23 January 2025 - Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called chorus waves, ripple at the same frequency as human hearing. When converted to audio signals, their sharp notes mimic high-pitched bird calls. Researchers have captured such sounds in space before, but now they have sensed the chirping waves from much farther away: over 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) from Earth, where they've never been measured before. (more)
All of Chicago's municipal buildings are now powered by 100 percent renewable energy
22 January 2025 - Each year, approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity are expended to power Chicago's 411 municipal buildings. As of January 1, all 411 buildings owned and operated by the city are officially powered by 100 percent renewable energy, including O'Hare International Airport, Harold Washington Library, 98 fire stations, and two of the world's largest water treatment facilities. (more)
US: Alabama refuge is a paradise for birders and thousands of migrating sandhill cranes
21 January 2025 - In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, seeds, and insects. The sound and sight of so many cranes clustered together creates a chorus of trills, trumpets, and honks throughout the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Center in northern Alabama during the winter. ...'It's a birder's paradise,' park ranger David Young noted. (more)
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