Brains vs Bodies: Sea Turtles Navigating a Warmer Ocean
Featured Image Caption: Caretta caretta mating ‘dance’ at Amvrakikos Gulf (Image source: “Sea turtles Caretta caretta” by Eco cruising is
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Environmental Science
Flower Power: From Nanoparticles to Anticancer, the Indian Golden Daisy that Can
Featured Image Caption: Although this plant can be considered a common weed in fields, it is also a medicinal plant
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Wolf (and Cougar) at the Door: Restoring Predators in the Eastern U.S.
Researchers investigated whether Eastern U.S. residents would endorse reintroducing red wolves and cougars.
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Gone With the Wind: Changing Climate Conditions Lead to Migratory Insect Decline in Eastern China
Migration is a key stage of many animals’ lives. However, a changing climate may be interrupting this routine travel for many species, including the rice leaf-roller moth. Recent research analyses the changing population dynamics of these moths during migration season and attempts to narrow down the source of these changes.
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Is Air Pollution Triggering Autoimmune Diseases?
Autoimmune diseases have been on the rise worldwide. Scientists suspect that environmental factors, such as air pollution, may be partly to blame. This recent study used a clever approach called Mendelian randomization to test whether air pollution may cause common autoimmune diseases.
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Invisible Plastics in Our Water: Phthalates in an Urban River Used for Agriculture in Central Mexico
Plastic pollution is often associated with visible waste such as bottles, bags, or microplastics floating in oceans. However, some of the most concerning plastic-related pollutants are invisible, chemically persistent, and capable of traveling silently through water systems. Among these are phthalates, a group of synthetic chemicals widely used to make plastics flexible and durable.
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Suffocating or Surviving: Why Life Along the Seafloor Can Persist Despite Low Oxygen Conditions
Low oxygen zones are common along coastal areas today. Scientists recently discovered how ocean physics can lessen the impact of hypoxia on seafloor ecosystems.
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Silent Sacrifice: Communities Paying the Price for Green Technology
Cobalt is an essential mineral for lithium ion batteries which are used in everyday technologies from electric vehicles to smart phones. Most of the world’s cobalt comes from the Dominican Republic of Congo which has extensive mining operations that contribute to environmental degradation. Artisanal miners are used and often exploited for their labour which exacerbate pollution by bringing it into urban environments. Local communities end up suffering from health issues because of this pollution.
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Animal Welfare: Do Piglets in Pens Go Hog Wild for Certain Colors?
According to the USDA, since 1990, the number of hog farms has declined by more than 70% as individual enterprises has grown larger. Unfortunately for pigs raised in the U.S., their housing conditions are more restrictive than the piglet depicted here. Presumably, the primary reason for this is to make room for more livestock.
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Gender Matters for Impacts of Human-Wildlife Conflict
Source article: Adler, K. A., Gore, M. L., & Wilkinson, C. E. (2025). The gendered costs of human-wildlife conflict: A
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