New York City is teeming with life, much of which lives in a world unseen – in the city’s thousands of puddles, lakes, and ponds. Underwater, trillions of bacteria,fungi, and other microbes move about, forming the base of our ecosystem. We teamed up with Sally Warring, who runs the organisation […]
In “Avengers: Infinity War,” the villain, Thanos, achieves his ultimate goal: to wipe out 50% of all life in the universe. Ethics aside, there’s a scientific reason for why Thanos’ plan won’t work the way he thinks. Endangered species wouldn’t recover, setting off a chain reaction for a possible entire […]
Some animals don’t just survive wildfires, they thrive in surprising and clever ways. Many smaller animals take cover in logs, under rocks, or by burying themselves in the dirt, while p redators like bears,raccoons, and raptors hunt down creatures trying to escape. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Looking […]
We’re currently facing the worst bleaching of coral reefs ever known in history, but what would happen if all the coral reefs died off? We’ve already lost 50% of the world’s coral, and we’re at risk of losing even more. If the world lost all its coral reefs, the results […]
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