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[ad_1] According to a new study by biologists from the University of Alberta, Yukon stone sheep, already rare, is 20% less common than previously thought. The study examined 123 different DNA markers …

[ad_1] PUBLISHED: 4:01 pm November 15, 2018 | UPDATE: 4:01 pm November 15, 2018 The meteor shower of Leonids must illuminate the sky. Image: Getty Images / iStockphoto Archant Here's all you …

[ad_1] On a sunny spring day in 2016, Yana Eglit tucked herself away in the lab where she works to earn her PhD in biology. She peered down the eyepieces of a …

[ad_1] Barnard's Star, a red dwarf star located in a solar system about six light-years away from Earth, may have some company. Researchers of the "exoplanet-hunting" group Red Dots have detected a …

[ad_1] A fast new way of checking nutrient levels in grbadlands By cutting the badysis of the world, a long time ago, this relatively cheap and easy approach will greatly improve the …

[ad_1] Late last month, a team of researchers said Earth’s oceans had warmed 60% more than anyone had realized. Now that result appears unlikely, since a mathematician and climate contrarian has uncovered …

[ad_1] Proof of the mushroom Armillaria gallica on a fall of wood.Image: James B. AndersonC is nicknamed the "gigantic mushroom", an exceptionally large fungal growth belonging to a single genetic individual. An …

[ad_1] Montreal satellite startup NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. has inked a key space-research partnership to help it build a network of satellites and ground stations it hopes will change environmental monitoring, …

[ad_1] Carlos Sanchez, expert in metrology at the National Research Council of Canada, is working on the Kibble balance. HANDOUT If things go as planned, by the end of this week, the …

[ad_1] An adult polar bear and a teddy bear are walking on Wrangel Island in the fall of 2017. Hundreds of polar bears in the Chukchi Sea spend their summer months on …