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Scientists discover some bees have tiny magnetic, internal compasses helping them navigate the world

Some animals are able to use iron-based magnetic compounds to detect and navigate via the Earth’s magnetic field, a sense called magnetoreception. Some bee species are among them.

A photo collage of a raccoon, a person going through a clothing rack, a sea turtle up close, a person poses next to a pick-up truck, and a solar farm in an open area

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A group of volunteers plants a small evergreen tree in soil outdoors, with several people gathered around watching and assisting with the planting work.

Every $1 a city spends on parks returns $3 — and scientists want more trees

Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems - planting more trees.

Two workers on ladders install solar panels on industrial buildings under a blue sky with white clouds. A blue tent and red ladder are visible in the foreground.

After Hurricane Helene, one North Carolina town is going solar to survive the next storm

Small-scale solar microgrids for Appalachian communities could help keep communities warm and fed during future blackouts.

Silhouetted figure on the right facing a red glowing background with small dark shapes scattered across it.

Stray dogs in the Philippines hunt sea turtle nests, so these volunteers stay up all night shooing them away

Local volunteers patrol and protect sea turtle nests each year on Philippine beaches.

Aerial view of a beach with two silhouetted figures holding spears and an oil derrick painted in black on the sand, with turquoise water and a red boat visible above.

A Greek island that inspired 'The Odyssey' is at risk of offshore drilling. Local artists are fighting back

The goal of the public art display is to “connect humanity’s earliest forms of survival with contemporary resource extraction.”

Row of residential houses with solar panel arrays mounted on their pitched roofs against a clear blue sky.

New England invested in solar. It saved residents millions in electricity costs during a heat wave this month

A new report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million in a single day of a recent heat wave.

A person in a blue jacket and cap stands beside a pickup truck loaded with camping gear, including black bags and a roof rack with a kayak, in a forest setting.

DIY off-roaders race in public lands trash pickup contest. They ended this year with 5M pounds cleaned

Gambler 500 participants are “a disorganized group of people who like to drive bad cars, go camping, and pick up trash on public lands,” one person described.

A group of women standing together inside a room

Meet the women protecting the last remaining gorillas in Nigeria: 'Our men have failed to stop the threats'

The successes of the pioneering women’s collectives have inspired the formation of similar initiatives in other villages surrounding the sanctuary.

Inside the global movement to build more wildlife overpasses: 'It's like the whole world is open to wildlife now'

Decades of research have proved that wildlife crossings, combined with roadside fences, prevent deadly collisions, protecting both animals and people.

Recent sightings give conservationists hope for two endangered whale species: 'They may be rebounding'

A new study found sightings of the species on Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent years.

A mountain lion walks through tall grass and brush at night, looking toward the camera with a kill visible in the lower right corner.

Family sells 136-year-old farm to make way for wildlife crossing deemed 'a lifeline' for mountain lions

The I-5 wildlife crossing would bridge the Cascades and the Olympic Peninsula.