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10 wildlife crossings built to give animals a safer way through
Forested bridges, panther underpasses and railway openings are changing the options available to wildlife. Ten North American projects show what works, what needs more evidence and why fencing matters.
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Animals and nature
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10 wildlife crossings built to give animals a safer way through
Forested bridges, panther underpasses and railway openings are changing the options available to wildlife.…
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Fat Bear Week is over. Churchill’s polar bear season is just beginning
Fat Bear Week has ended, but another bear season is beginning. Each fall, polar…
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How Big Bear eagle Jackie stayed warm for nearly 62 hours in snow
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie incubated three eggs for 61 hours and 58 minutes…
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10 moments that made Jackie the eagle unforgettable
Remember Jackie the Big Bear bald eagle through 10 moments, from her first years…
Science and space
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A plague researcher died in Siberia. Russia says no plague cases were found
Nearly 200 contacts were monitored after a researcher at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died…
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How a tiny green alga led to the 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine traces back to a light-sensitive protein…
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How Big Bear eagle Jackie stayed warm for nearly 62 hours in snow
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie incubated three eggs for 61 hours and 58 minutes…
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Hawaiʻi’s Hōlei Sea Arch collapses after years of visible damage
Hōlei Sea Arch has disappeared from Hawaiʻi’s coastline. Earlier closures, photographs and geological explanations…
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