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Two hundred square miles (518 sq km) of tropical rainforest in Colombia are being explored for the first time in over 40 years. Because of a civil war that started in the 1970s and lasted until 2016, biologists had not…
China is fighting desertification. More than a third of the nation’s territory is threatened by the spread of desert terrain. Scientists are turning desert into farmable land. They mix algae, moss, and lichen together and spray them on the sand.…
Northern black widow spiders have never before been found in Canada. But they are expanding their range. Scientists think this is due to climate change. The small spider with the very painful bite likes warm weather. Northern black widows have…
Scientists have discovered a genetically blended python in the Everglades. They studied 400 snakes from Florida’s huge wilderness. They wanted to learn more about non-native species. What they found is a new breed of snake. It is part Burmese python…
Pygmy three-toed sloths swim in the warm waters off the coast of Panama. They live exclusively on a tiny island nearby. They get from one tree to another by swimming, not crawling on the ground. Swimming is faster and easier…
Scientists don’t know very much about the basking shark. They know it’s the biggest fish in British waters. They know it’s not really basking, or sunbathing, when it’s on the surface of the ocean. Instead, it’s swimming along very slowly,…
In September 2018, scientists in Canada and Colombia were sad. A female sea turtle they called Red Rockette had been found dead near Digby, Nova Scotia. Red Rockette was tagged in 2012. Ever since, scientists had been following her…
A super-colony of Adélie penguins has been discovered, thanks to their poo. Big patches of it were seen in photos taken from space. The birds were found on the Danger Islands, part of the Antarctic Peninsula. In 2015, a team…
In May 2018, a giant panda wandered through a village in southwestern China. She seemed to be looking for food. She didn’t seem to mind the large group of people who watched her explore the town. Researchers identified the panda…
Yuan Meng is France’s first baby panda. He was born on August 4, 2017. His mother, Huan Huan, had twins. Yuan Meng’s twin sister died soon after she was born. But Yuan Meng survived and is growing into a big,…