2026

Centennial persistence of kelp forests on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada Researchers have reconstructed nearly 170 years of the history of kelp forests along Canada’s Pacific coast, finding that colder, wave-exposed waters off Vancouver Island protected most kelp forests while warmer, sheltered areas lost nearly half of them.The study mapped about 5,600 kilometres…

pc: Study: Elephant-bone tool (NHMUK PV UNREG 4339) from intertidal deposits at the Boxgrove Waterhole Site Half a million years ago, people living in what is now southern England were doing far more than shaping stone into cutting tools. A newly analysed elephant bone from the famous Boxgrove archaeological site suggests they were carefully choosing,…

While most 13-year-olds spend holidays sleeping and hanging out with friends, Sophie Histed has other plans. The Hillcrest teenager spends her time crocheting kindness, a skill she taught herself. Her holidays are packed. She works tirelessly on a production line for handmade plushies, which she sends to the paediatric ward at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital….

These otters are not part of the study. (Image Credit: Harry Collins Photography/Shutterstock) Wildlife researchers checking the shores of Abbotts Lagoon on California’s Point Reyes peninsula found 73 dead brown pelicans killed by river otters over 19 visits. Recent observations show that the large seabirds may finally be learning to fly away when otters come…