Latest articles by Laura Poppick
Maps: Habitat Shifts due to Climate Change
Habitat ranges shift with climate change, but at different speed around the world. These maps help show how different regions might experience different rates of habitat shifts.
High-Res Satellites Help Track Whale Populations
Rather than counting whales from the bow of a ship, researchers have devised a much more efficient method of taking population censuses using satellite imagery.
Gelada Baboon Yawns Send Social Messages
Different types of yawns send different social messages in gelada monkeys, according to a new study.
Stress Makes Antarctic Penguins Less-Attentive Parents
When under the influence of stress hormones, male Adélie penguins are less vigilant with their chicks compared to parents with lower levels of stress hormones.
Images: Adélie Penguins Cope With Changing Sea Ice Conditions
Male Adélie penguins are less vigilant with their chicks when under the influence of stress hormones, a new study finds.
Young Salmon Born Knowing Migration Route
Pacific salmon can find their way to their ancestral feeding grounds without any prior travel experience using the Earth's magnetic fields as a guide.
Oversized Rats Could Take Over Earth After Next Mass Extinction
Of all of the animals in the animal kingdom, rats may be best suited to repopulation the world in the event of a mass extinction, some scientists say.
Why Winter Olympics Bypass the Southern Hemisphere
Geology and climate are large factors in the monopoly that the Northern Hemisphere has had on the Winter Olympics since they were first held in 1924.
Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest
Bumblebees are all-star fliers in the insect world, according to a recent study that shows that they are capable of flying at elevations higher than Mt. Everest
Rains Spurred by Climate Change Killing Penguin Chicks
Increased rainfall associated with climate change has increased the rate of chick mortality in Argentinean penguin colonies, according to a new study.
Images: Downy Magellanic Penguin Chicks Suffer From Hypothermia
Without waterproof plumage to keep them dry, Magellanic penguin chicks suffer from hypothermia during intense rain storms.
Black Carbon Soot Greater in China, India Than Thought
A new black carbon inventory shows that exposure to this pollutant is 130 percent greater than previous estimates have suggested, according to a new report.
Fresh Magma Could Help Power Geothermal Plants
Geologists in Iceland unexpectedly hit magma when they were drilling for a source of geothermal heat, and used the molten rock to generate super-hot steam to power a geothermal energy plant.
Massive Antarctic Glacier Uncontrollably Retreating, Study Suggests
Pine Island Glacier – one of the largest glaciers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – is about to undergo rapid, uncontrollable retreat, new research finds.
Nuclear Attack Aftermath: Make Haste to a Fallout Shelter
People living in close proximity to a nuclear blast have up to 30 minutes to safely seek high-quality shelter from nuclear fallout, a new study finds.
Darwin Was Right: Island Animals Are Tamer
Researchers have confirmed an observation made by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago: That animals living on islands are tamer and less skittish than related animals living on the mainland.
