Recluse Spider Season Is a Myth
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. Summer arrives, and with it comes an arachnophobic furor—frantic reports about the intrusion of recluse spiders …
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Citizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a Time
The large marsh grasshopper was once ever-present across Eastern England’s wetlands. But after decades of habitat destruction, these handsome insects are now fragmented and locally extinct, holding out in the …
Over 200 billion single-use plastic water bottles are bought nationwide in a lifetime
Adults will get through more than 200 billion single-use plastic water bottles in a lifetime – despite acknowledging it could be bad for their health. A study of 2,000 people …
Tree Wisdom: a guide to nature’s restorative energy and wellbeing | Books | Entertainment
Tree Wisdom: a guide to nature’s restorative energy and wellbeing (Image: Getty) The UK itself is home to 123 million of them and has many historic giants, like the 1,000-year-old …
Australia’s most liveable suburbs revealed and what makes them so great to their residents
A national survey into how Australians rank the liveability of their suburbs has found the best performing local areas tend to be older, more established suburbs with retail centres and …
Why Some Animals Thrive in Cities
Eat almost anything. Sleep almost anywhere. These, it seems, are the secrets to surviving in the city as a wild animal. Among the species that dominate urban spaces—pigeons, cockroaches, rats, …
How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth
For researchers and conservationists alike, the potential applications of machine learning are basically limitless. And Earth Species is not the only group working on decoding animal communication. Payne spent the …
How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the third meeting of the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum’s eight-week Firefly Course, a …
Coming Soon Near You: Bears
Steps away from the public restrooms in Yosemite Village, a buzzy stop in Yosemite National Park’s iconic valley, sits a brown metal dumpster. Visitors reach up to open the trash …
When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous
This story originally appeared in High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The first grainy film clip shows a black bear exploding out of the trail …