Researchers have discovered that elusive intermediate-mass black holes could form in dense star clusters containing anywhere between tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They’re heftier than solar-mass black holes, which have a mass range between 10 and […]
Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New research has found a “major factor” in why. The answer? It’s getting way too hot. Like humans, bumblebees’ bodies thrive best within certain temperature […]
VENICE, Fla. — Florida’s sea turtle nesting season has begun along many of the state’s beaches, with even the first sighting of nests happening along the Gulf Coast. The Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program reported that a team of volunteers recently found a loggerhead sea turtle nest in Venice Beach. The nest […]
The bald eagle eggs at the center of a popular livestream may not hatch after all, but the two eagles who call the nest home are as devoted to each other as ever. Tens of thousands of viewers have tuned in to watch eagle mates Jackie and Shadow tend to their nest atop a pine […]
In a sandy patch of rainforest in Brazil, a “very secretive” creature laid its eggs in the foam nest built by its mate. The white, almost Styrofoam-looking nest was dug into the ground and difficult to find. Difficult, but not impossible. Scientists located the discreet animal and its nest. It turned out to be a […]
A group of green-skinned creatures gathered at the edges of a pond-like body of water on a mountain in China. They began calling out, in search of a mate. Little did the creatures know: They were being watched. Researchers were exploring Mopan Mountain in Yunnan, searching for tree frogs. That’s where they collected nine frogs […]