Science

(Image credit: Facebook/Expo Idaho) The transformation of abandoned spaces into public green spaces can offer a new life to landscapes that had once served a different purpose. In Garden City, Idaho, a former horse-racing track that fell silent in 2015 has now been reopened on the 23rd of October as a nearly 50 acre public…

Burmese pythons, an invasive snake species linked to significant declines in native wildlife in Florida, have established a new population along the state’s Gulf Coast, raising concerns among wildlife officials about their potential spread and ecological impact. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed that the snakes are established in part of western…

An Australian vegetable grower is backing a $291 million bioenergy and food precinct in Queensland that will turn agricultural and food waste into renewable energy and bio-fertilisers. Led by Kalfresh, the Scenic Rim Agricultural Industrial Precinct in Kalbar, south-west of Brisbane, has secured $80 million in joint investment from Queensland Investment Corporation and Wollemi Capital….

Dingo skeleton at the site. Image Credit: Dr Amy Way/University of Sydney New perspectives on the relationship between Indigenous Australians and animals they shared their environment with are emerging from the discovery of a dingo buried nearly 1,000 years ago in western New South Wales. The animal, known as Garli in the Barkindji language, was…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…