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Jason Momoa launched a water brand to fight plastic pollution; after reporting more than 6 million plastic bottles removed, his company introduced hotel machines that can refill up to 500 bottles an hour

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Jason Momoa launched Mananalu in 2019 with a clear goal: challenge the bottled-water industry to move away from single-use plastic. The Hawaiian water brand began with aluminium bottles and a “buy one, remove one” programme that funded the removal of plastic bottles from the ocean. According to PR Newswire, that effort has resulted in more…

After 40 years of wheat farming, a 330-acre stretch of land in England was turned into a wildlife haven; just two years later, surveys recorded 5,290 butterflies, including rare species never previously seen in the fields

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A former wheat-growing farm in West Sussex, England, has recorded a remarkable increase in butterfly numbers just two years after a large-scale habitat restoration project began, with 5,290 butterflies belonging to 28 species documented during surveys in 2026. The findings, reported by The Guardian and detailed by Halnaker Hill Farm, include the first recorded sightings…

Nearly 14,000 volunteers analysed 57,838 drone images of Galapagos marine iguanas; researchers found their counts needed correction |

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Representative Image of the Galápagos Islands from above, featuring marine iguanas along dark rocky coastlines (AI-generated image) Marine iguanas can be difficult to spot against the dark rocks of the Galápagos Islands, making them challenging to count during conservation surveys. Yet reliable population estimates are important for protecting the species, for which complete population-size data…

A German metal detectorist stopped digging after finding 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then recovered 934 Roman denarii near Cologne, the largest hoard from Emperor Hadrian’s era ever found in Germany

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After finding 15 coins, Oliver Riedl alerted archaeologists, leading to the discovery of 934 Roman denarii. Sometimes the greatest discoveries are the ones you make when you stop digging. Amateur metal detectorist Oliver Riedl found 15 silver coins buried under a field in western Germany but when his detector kept beeping he suspected there was…

Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters learned their traditional song, which has vanished from the wild, with 42% succeeding through live tutoring in small groups |

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Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeater has lost its traditional song in the wild as its population has declined. A study found that researchers taught captive-bred young males to sing the traditional wild song using live adult tutors. By the end of the study, the experiment helped 42% of the male zoo population learn songs that…

Dutch scientists built a tiny robotic arm using living algae and two layers of gel; controlled by light, the two-centimetre strip grasped a metal ball and lifted a rubber ring underwater without a conventional motor

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Researchers use light to trigger living algae’s metabolism, enabling the tiny robotic arm to bend without electrical signals. Think of a robot without battery, without traditional motor and without complicated mechanical joints and only living microalgae, soft gels and source of light. That’s the unusual premise of a new experiment by researchers at Delft University…

In 1869, a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey puzzled archaeologists with a medieval cross on its lid; 157 years later, dating of the skeleton points to an 11th-century abbot, not the Roman named on the tomb

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A centuries-old archaeological puzzle at Westminster Abbey in London may finally be nearing a resolution, with new research suggesting that a skeleton discovered inside a Roman stone coffin belonged to a medieval abbot rather than the Roman-era man named on its inscription. According to an announcement by Westminster Abbey and reports by The Guardian and…

Colorado built a wildlife overpass across a busy highway; a new report says animal-vehicle collisions fell by 91% as elk, bears and frogs began using the crossing

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For wildlife, a busy highway can be more than an obstacle. It can separate feeding grounds, disrupt seasonal migrations and turn an ordinary journey into a deadly gamble. In Colorado, a new network of wildlife crossings is helping change that equation, with officials reporting a sharp decline in collisions along a heavily travelled stretch of…

After invasive rats were eliminated from a Pacific island in 2005, scientists monitored seabirds for years; three species eventually recorded populations two to ten times larger than before the removal

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Representative Image (AI-generated) A Pacific island has recorded a significant recovery in several seabird populations following the removal of invasive rats in 2005. A study published in Conservation Biology examined how seven seabird species responded after rodents were eradicated from Surprise Island in New Caledonia. According to the researchers, three species experienced substantial population increases,…

In 2017, bulldozers cleared Western Australian wetlands for a highway that was cancelled; nine years later, restoration has returned over 200,000 plants and recorded 97 animal species across 18 hectares

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Nearly a decade after a controversial highway project damaged sensitive bushland in Western Australia, a long-running rehabilitation effort is showing encouraging signs of ecological recovery, although restoring the landscape to its former condition remains a distant goal. According to a report by ABC News journalist Lauren Smith, a recent survey of the former Roe 8…

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Jason Momoa launched a water brand to fight plastic pollution; after reporting more than 6 million plastic bottles removed, his company introduced hotel machines that can refill up to 500 bottles an hour

After 40 years of wheat farming, a 330-acre stretch of land in England was turned into a wildlife haven; just two years later, surveys recorded 5,290 butterflies, including rare species never previously seen in the fields

Nearly 14,000 volunteers analysed 57,838 drone images of Galapagos marine iguanas; researchers found their counts needed correction |

A German metal detectorist stopped digging after finding 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then recovered 934 Roman denarii near Cologne, the largest hoard from Emperor Hadrian’s era ever found in Germany

Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters learned their traditional song, which has vanished from the wild, with 42% succeeding through live tutoring in small groups |

Dutch scientists built a tiny robotic arm using living algae and two layers of gel; controlled by light, the two-centimetre strip grasped a metal ball and lifted a rubber ring underwater without a conventional motor

In 1869, a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey puzzled archaeologists with a medieval cross on its lid; 157 years later, dating of the skeleton points to an 11th-century abbot, not the Roman named on the tomb

Colorado built a wildlife overpass across a busy highway; a new report says animal-vehicle collisions fell by 91% as elk, bears and frogs began using the crossing

After invasive rats were eliminated from a Pacific island in 2005, scientists monitored seabirds for years; three species eventually recorded populations two to ten times larger than before the removal

In 2017, bulldozers cleared Western Australian wetlands for a highway that was cancelled; nine years later, restoration has returned over 200,000 plants and recorded 97 animal species across 18 hectares