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PC: Brad Leue/ Australian Wildlife Conservancy The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has purchased 200 hectares of land on King Island, Tasmania, to protect threatened wildlife, including a critically endangered bird with fewer than 100 individuals remaining. The acquisition marks the organisation’s first conservation project in Tasmania and creates an opportunity to expand efforts to protect…

PC: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Four biology and biomedical engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology developed PneumaNode, a small sensor patch designed to continuously monitor the vital signs of babies in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The device was created as part of their senior design capstone project after medical device startup ResperCare LLC…

(Alliaria petiolata) Garlic Mustard. Image Credit: US Department of Agriculture This plant was introduced to North America in the 1860s for its culinary and medicinal value, but has become a stubborn threat to woodlands throughout the continent. Native to Europe and Asia, garlic mustard was first reported in Long Island, New York and has since…

Scientists tracking Burmese pythons in southern Florida found that only four implanted radio transmitters were expelled over 20 years. The researchers implanted 305 transmitters in 142 adult snakes between 2005 and 2024 to study their behaviour, movement and ecology. The devices were used to follow the pythons in the wild and collect information about their…

(Image credit: Facebook/Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship) The environmental impact of coal mining does not end immediately when the last piece of coal is extracted. Even when coal mining on a land has ended, the land needs repair because there may still be steep slopes, deep pits filled with water, exposed soil and…

This is an AI image, used for representational purposes only As countries mark World Polio Day, the disease remains entrenched in Pakistan and Afghanistan, even as it has been eliminated from almost every other part of the world. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is marking the day with a plain message: political commitment matters…

(Image credit: Facebook/Expo Idaho) The transformation of abandoned spaces into public green spaces can offer a new life to landscapes that had once served a different purpose. In Garden City, Idaho, a former horse-racing track that fell silent in 2015 has now been reopened on the 23rd of October as a nearly 50 acre public…

Burmese pythons, an invasive snake species linked to significant declines in native wildlife in Florida, have established a new population along the state’s Gulf Coast, raising concerns among wildlife officials about their potential spread and ecological impact. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed that the snakes are established in part of western…