PC: National Park Service (NPS) A tree brought to Hawaii for its berries later became a problem for native plants in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Faya, or Morella faya, is native to the Canary Islands and was most likely brought to the Hawaiian Islands by the Portuguese in the 1800s. It was introduced as an…
In 1993, California’s pocket mouse was rediscovered; 33 years later, 530+ have been reintroduced (Image Credit: San Diego Wildlife Alliance) A mouse once written off as extinct is now being given a fresh chance to survive in the wild. The Pacific pocket mouse, a tiny mammal native to Southern California, was rediscovered in 1993 after…
Many of history’s most beloved works still remain lost to time. From books to sculptures and even paintings, all works of art that were adored in their day are now either destroyed or impossible to find. For instance, Sophocles was known to have written over 120 plays; only 7 are known to survive to this…
No matter the oceans it crosses, a ship always finds a home at sea. One such vessel is the 197-foot MV Shingle, a ship that was intercepted for carrying 32 million illegal cigarettes while travelling from Slovenia toward Drogheda, Ireland, according to RTÉ. Now, 12 years later, the ship has found a second life at…
Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan have been awared Nobel prize in Chemistry in 2026. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to France’s Henri B. Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis,” the Nobel Committee announced.Kagan and Soai were…
British rock band Coldplay joined conservation group Re, co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, and Global Citizen in 2021 to push for stronger protection of Brazil’s Amazon. Ahead of Global Citizen Live on September 25, Coldplay urged eight state leaders to make commitments on conservation and climate action. Six states responded: Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Piauí, Pará and…
Representative Image of innovative technology and nature working together for a sustainable future ( AI Generrated Image) The Earthshot Prize, the environmental award launched by Prince William, says its community of 75 Finalists supported since 2020 has protected or restored 58 million hectares of land, forests and freshwater systems and protected, restored or improved 85…
Ancient glass sponge reefs thrive beneath the cold waters off British Columbia’s Pacific coast. (Photo: DFO, Sally Leys, University of Alberta, CSSF ROPOS) Far beneath the cold waters off British Columbia, an extraordinary ecosystem is thriving in near-total darkness, a vast network of reefs made not from tropical coral, but from animals whose skeletons are…
The seeds were being carried by teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who was finally making her long-awaited journey into space after a 22-year wait A seed does not look like much. Tucked into a packet, it is barely noticeable, carrying the promise of a plant in a form that seems almost impossibly small. But in 2007, millions…
A 3,000-year-old horse has been discovered buried inside an ancient Egyptian fortress. (Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the carefully buried remains of a horse dating back around 3,000 years inside an ancient military fortress in the western Nile Delta, a rare discovery that is offering new clues about…
