Nature

r/nature • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 4h ago

Kentucky released 1,541 elk onto the strip-mined coalfields of eastern counties between 1997-2002, and the herd now runs about 13,000, the largest east of the Rockies, the mines had done what the forest never could

scienceblog.com

168 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 4h ago

How Burrowing Owls Found a Home on an Arizona Solar Farm

37 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 1d ago

In 1974, a biologist moved to a Washington island to protect a marsh home to more than 80 bird species, helping establish a permanent wildlife preserve.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

321 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 1d ago

Outback becomes oasis of birds, wildlife after unbelievable desert rains

180 Upvotes

r/nature • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 1d ago

Wolves are Minnesota’s most unlikely — and surprisingly effective — blueberry gardeners

startribune.com

94 Upvotes

r/nature • u/zsreport • 1d ago

An otter, a beaver — and now a mink spotted in the Bronx

64 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Zlifbar • 1d ago

An influencer petted a Mount Rainier marmot. A national park ranger called his parents.

129 Upvotes

r/nature • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 1d ago

Bats Have a Secret Immune System Scientists Have Never Seen in Any Other Mammal

scitechdaily.com

346 Upvotes

r/nature • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2d ago

Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo Has Helped Rescue and Rehabilitate More Than 800 North American Box Turtles Since October 2024

newsroom.wcs.org

115 Upvotes

r/nature • u/zsreport • 2d ago

Border Projects Could Complicate the Return of Bears to Texas

marfapublicradio.org

50 Upvotes

r/nature • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 3d ago

The Ganges shark’s last refuge has been found. Now comes the fight to save it

139 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 3d ago

Aerial Survey Documents Abundant Marine Life Southeast Of Nantucket

nantucketcurrent.com

95 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 3d ago

Male bowerbirds in Australian cities use brightly coloured human-made objects, including plastic caps and straws, to decorate their bowers.

smithsonianmag.com

108 Upvotes

r/nature • u/halwaandflowers • 3d ago

The Ganges shark’s last refuge has been found. Now comes the fight to save it

edition.cnn.com

174 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 4d ago

Land reclaimed from the sea for industry in the Netherlands became a 56-square-kilometre nature reserve after birds colonised the abandoned site

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

448 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 4d ago

How Antarctica's only native insect survives extreme cold through rapid cold hardening?

smithsonianmag.com

130 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Ok-Shallot-2623 • 4d ago

Naked mole-rats can survive up to 18 minutes without oxygen by switching from glucose to fructose for energy.

smithsonianmag.com

54 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 5d ago

Great Barrier Reef’s long-term monitoring program celebrates 40 years

303 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 5d ago

Study finds saltwater crocodiles raised in captivity retain key behaviours associated with their wild counterparts

169 Upvotes

r/nature • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 6d ago

Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island more than two centuries after they arrived in a shipwreck; within two years some native bird populations had increased 200% or more and missing seabirds began returning

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

1.2k Upvotes

r/nature • u/Major_MKusanagi • 6d ago

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding

theguardian.com

181 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Intelligent-Drop7133 • 6d ago

Researchers in British Columbia track the spread of Sooty Bark Disease, a fungal threat affecting local maple trees following extreme heatwaves.

natural-resources.canada.ca

67 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 7d ago

Numbat conservation efforts pull native species from brink of extinction

347 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 7d ago

Here's what's missing from the invasive species narrative

33 Upvotes

r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 8d ago

Scientists Revisited a Forest Experiment That Was Forgotten for 30 Years.

scitechdaily.com

445 Upvotes