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Are mercury levels elevated across US conservation lands?
- Mar 25, 2026
A study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management found varying risks to species due to mercury pollution across the United States' National Wil...
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The world's great fish migrations are collapsing. That's a problem for millions of people
- Mar 25, 2026
Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous ma...
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Successful minority employees can create a false sense of diversity
- Mar 25, 2026
Highly successful women and racial minorities help to challenge stereotypes and serve as role models for members of their social groups, but seeing th...
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Uncovering the evolutionary limits of the COVID-19 virus
- Mar 25, 2026
A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus has developed rapidly since 2019, it has done so within limited g...
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Global study identifies urgent blue carbon priorities in the fight against climate change
- Mar 25, 2026
An international study warns that critical scientific and practical gaps are slowing the use of blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) in global efforts to tac...
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Bio-based polymer offers a sustainable solution to 'forever chemical' cleanup
- Mar 25, 2026
Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently capturing toxic "forever chemical...
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Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind 'nudge' policy
- Mar 25, 2026
Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died in July 2025. While he swam in Lake Murray, a reservoir a few miles from Columbia, South Carolina, Naegleria fowleri—...
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Red-tailed bumblebees found to be key hosts for dangerous bee virus
- Mar 25, 2026
Wild bumblebees serve as key hosts for acute bee paralysis virus. While the virus appears to cause little harm to bumblebees, infection is usually fat...
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Canada's migratory caribou are under threat. Will we act before it's too late?
- Mar 25, 2026
Delegates are gathering in Campo Grande, Brazil, for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Spe...
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How archaeology is preserving evidence of the Yahidne war crime
- Mar 25, 2026
Archaeology is not just a powerful tool for revealing insights into the ancient past, but it can also be applied to more recent events. In a new paper...
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Social media and monetization in the Ukraine-Russia war
- Mar 25, 2026
The internet has become a battleground, writes the author of a new article in the Journal of Anthropological Research, and particularly so in the conf...
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Q&A: Beyond the obstetrical dilemma, why are humans helpless at birth?
- Mar 25, 2026
Infants' helplessness demonstrates unique social implications for human development. In a new paper developmental psychology researchers from the Univ...