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Scientists Find Remarkable New Snail Species in Montenegro’s Mountains

Cochlostoma Snail Crawling in MontenegroScientists and citizen volunteers discovered two new snail species in northwestern Montenegro, revealing the region’s hidden biodiversity and strengthening calls to protect Komarnica Canyon within the Durmitor World Heritage Site rather than build a hydropower plant. Two previously unknown snails have been added to Europe’s documented wildlife. Named Cochlostoma komarnica and Cochlostoma dobrido, the species [...]
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Why Are Wasps Disappearing This Summer?

Wasp Building HouseWeather extremes may be contributing to an unusually quiet summer for Britain’s ecologically important social wasps. A summer picnic often feels complete only when a wasp arrives to investigate the food. Common social wasps are familiar warm-weather visitors, whether they are circling outdoor meals or building an unwanted nest in the loft. Summer 2026, however, [...]
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Mexico Declares War on Stinky Seaweed

A changing climate is helping to fuel the growth of a gigantic blob of foul-smelling seaweed that has washed up in some coastal communities. Mexico is fighting back.

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Members of the Mexican Navy removed sargassum from the shore at Puerto Morelos, on the Caribbean coast, last week.
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Phoenix Species Project Announces Funds for Imperiled Wildlife

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

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Some of the imperiled animals included in the Phoenix Species Project.
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Scientists Are Turning Empty Roadsides Into Butterfly Habitats

Asclepius Humistrata SproutingThousands of native milkweeds are transforming North Florida roadsides into experimental pollinator corridors. Along rural two-lane highways in North Florida, newly installed signs now identify grassy roadside slopes as wildflower areas. At this time of year, the labels may seem unnecessary. Thousands of milkweed plants are already producing dense clusters of five-sided buds and open [...]
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Scientists Warn a Silent Oxygen Crisis Is Spreading Through Earth’s Waters

Deep Water Abyss Underwater SunlightNew research calls for aquatic deoxygenation to be recognized as a critical planetary process under threat. Oxygen is declining across oceans, coastal waters, rivers, lakes and streams, threatening the organisms and chemical processes that depend on it. A review led by researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography warns that this widespread deoxygenation [...]
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“Weird Clams” Reveal a New Invasion Along the U.S. Northeast Coast

Empty Manila Clam ShellsA research team found reproducing populations of Manila clams in Cape Cod and Boston Harbor. A stretch of Atlantic shoreline that had remained free of Manila clams now appears to support reproducing populations of the invasive shellfish. Biologists led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MIT Sea Grant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and [...]
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