How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth
New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology.
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Peeking into the Ocean’s Microscopic Baby Boom
Springtime delivers the world’s tiniest zoo babies.
The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint: Not a Beaver)
Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they?
Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary
As the Great Salt Lake in Utah shrinks, locals are working to preserve its critical brine shrimp fishery—along with the other entities that flourish in the lake’s strange, saline beauty.
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The Nature Files: Disappearing DNA
In our first case, we find out how eDNA can be used to assess the health of an entire ecosystem—all by looking at some of its smallest inhabitants.
Quadra Bioblitz iNat Project
The Quadra Island bioblitz began April 21. Check out the iNaturalist project page to learn more and follow along with some of the bioblitz finds!
