Why Warblers Flock to Tonier Neighborhoods
In the unequal distribution of birds and other species, ecologists are tracing the impact of...
9 Days, 527 Birds, 55 Species
Volunteers recorded important data on a strip of land in Alabama that serves as a pit stop for avian migrators.source...
Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’
The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the...
New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study
The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a...
‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids
Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making...
At Least 2 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid Insurance This Year
Many of the children were eligible for federal aid, experts said, but errors have been common as states “unwind” assistance from...
Echidna Named for David Attenborough and Feared Extinct Is Rediscovered
In the Cyclops Mountains in the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, Oxford scientists and...
Nature Retracts Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery
It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted.source...
Fruit Flies Are Invading Los Angeles. The Solution? More Fruit Flies.
The Mediterranean fruit fly lays eggs that hatch into maggots inside fruit. Officials plan to halt population growth by dropping millions...
F.D.A. Experts Will Vote on Safety of a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease
The treatment from the company Vertex would be the first medicine to use the gene editing tool...
