Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria

Sep 25, 2018 18:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Puerto Rico was in crisis long before Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017. For years, this U.S. territory had been struggling with debt, economic crisis and drought. In May 2017, the government defaulted on US$73...

It's teamwork: how dolphins learn to work together for rewards

Sep 25, 2018 18:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Cooperation can be found across the animal kingdom, in behaviours such as group hunting, raising of young, and driving away predators. But are these cooperating animals actively coordinating their behaviour, or are they...

Strawberry sabotage: what are copycat crimes and who commits them?

Sep 25, 2018 18:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Last week, authorities urged consumers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria to throw away strawberries from two Queensland brands after needles were discovered in punnets purchased at a Woolworths. Since then, the localised...

Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes and contaminating new food chains

Sep 25, 2018 18:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

There is no doubt that plastic pollution in oceans is a growing worldwide problem. The internet is full of images of seabirds and other marine animals entangled in plastic waste, and animals starve because their guts are...

Hurricane kids: What Katrina taught us about saving Puerto Rico's youngest storm victims

Sep 25, 2018 17:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The catastrophe that followed Hurricane Marias landfall in Puerto Rico, on Sept. 20, 2017, affected all of Puerto Ricos 3.3 million citizens. Everyone lost power for weeks. Half of all Puerto Ricans went without...

Destructive 2018 hail season a sign of things to come

Sep 25, 2018 17:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

As ominous skies moved overhead just after noon on Aug. 6, the small splash of a hailstone was heard in the pool of the bear exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Moments later, a barrage of ice...

Wild boars run amok in the city of Genoa, as abandoned rural areas are 'rewilded'

Sep 25, 2018 17:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Crossing the Ponte Gerolamo Serra in the Italian city of Genoa, I spotted a small crowd clustered by the river wall. I approached, intrigued, and peered over the wall to discover the subject of their delight: a sounder of...