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California strengthened Pyramid Point protections to aid declining fish populations while preserving tribal harvesting rights. Along California’s vast coastline, some of the ocean’s most valuable real estate now has a new layer of protection. From kelp forests off Malibu to biologically rich waters near Santa Barbara and Point Sal, the state has expanded its marine…

Four years after researchers began studying the restoration of oyster reefs in China’s Bohai Bay, the newly created habitats are showing signs of recovery. A survey conducted in March 2026 found an average of 286 oysters per square metre on artificial reefs. The amount of suspended material in the surrounding water was also about 62%…

Two retired aircraft that once flew for the Maldives’ first national airline are getting a second life beneath the Indian Ocean, where they are being transformed from an unusual diving attraction into the foundation of a developing marine habitat. According to the Visit Maldives Corporation’s May 14, 2026, announcement, conservation teams and international media delegates…

Image: Left/Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia/Right/Canva Famine and disease during the Black Death era killed one third of Europe’s population within half a decade. In many places, people abandoned farmland, and rural routines that had shaped the landscape for centuries were interrupted. A new analysis of 109 European fossil pollen…

Scientists studying Antarctica’s towering ice cliffs have found that glaciers can retreat faster than existing models predict without triggering the catastrophic, self-sustaining collapse some researchers have feared. The findings, reported by MIT News and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), offer new observational evidence that could help refine projections of future sea-level rise. Published in…

Conservationists in Australia’s Cape York Peninsula have recorded a rare breakthrough for an endangered bird after a palm cockatoo chick hatched and fledged from an artificial tree hollow, according to ABC News. The achievement followed the installation of 29 artificial nesting hollows across northern Cape York, where a shortage of suitable old-growth trees has made…

Millions have died when humans went to war against each other ever since the dawn of humanity. While animals are known to have their own rivalries and great wars, one among ants, and at such intensity, is a first. In San Diego, a violent war between five rival ant supercolonies has been raging for decades,…

Researchers found white lime residue tracing the outline of a lost rectangular wooden coffin surrounding the sarcophagus. For more than a century, a stone coffin at Westminster Abbey carried the name of a Roman-era Londoner, while the identity of the person buried inside remained hidden. Now, modern forensic and archaeological analysis has shifted the story…

Delaware has marked the 75th anniversary of its state parks by planting its 75,000th tree, completing a five-year target to expand greenery across its 17 parks. According to an October 20 announcement by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the milestone was reached on October 19 at Trap Pond State Park,…

Australia has brought the critically endangered smoky mouse back to a forest area in New South Wales where it had not been seen since the 1990s. Nearly 50 individuals were released into the Nungatta Feral Predator-Free Area in South East Forest National Park. The reintroduction marks the first return of a threatened species to the…