Originally Published by NASA – Over 33 years, life has reclaimed the land from the wreckage of the 1980 volcanic eruption.
Pioneers Contribute to World Climate Study
Originally Published by MT Standard – Once a year Apple drives about an hour on a dirt road and hikes the last steep miles to reach this point in the Pioneer Mountains, southwest of Butte. She comes to see how climate change is affecting plants in this high-mountain ecosystem.
Longer life for humans linked to further loss of endangered species
Originally Published by ScienceDaily- As human life expectancy increases, so does the percentage of invasive and endangered birds and mammals, according to a new study.
New rat genus discovered in the birthplace of the theory of evolution
Originally Published EarthSky- One hundred years after the death of Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, an international team of zoologists has discovered a new genus of mammal in the Halmahera Island in Indonesia. It is located in Wallacea, an Eastern Indonesian region named after the British Naturalist himself. The team was surprised to find the new endemic rodent close to the locality of Boki Mekot, a mountainous area under severe ecological threat due to mining and deforestation.