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In 2020, Minnesota funded a $1.918 million Shell Rock River habitat program; by 2025, it had protected or restored 588 acres

Shell Rock River Watershed District (Image Credit: www.shellrock.org) In 2020, Minnesota approved $1.918 million for the Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat Restoration Program – Phase IX. According to a 2025 final report from the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, the program ultimately protected, restored or enhanced 588 acres of habitat in the Shell Rock River watershed,…

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In 1922, Olaus Murie entered Alaska to study caribou, helping change how scientists understood wildlife and ecosystems

In 1922, biologist Olaus J. Murie entered Alaska’s vast wilderness to study caribou, beginning a body of field research that would eventually influence how scientists and park managers understood wildlife as part of interconnected ecosystems. Murie had been hired by the US Biological Survey as a wildlife biologist and spent much of the early 1920s…

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Scientists in Austria found that a glyphosate-based herbicide reduced earthworm reproduction by 56% in a greenhouse study

Across the United States, glyphosate is applied across an enormous area of farmland each year. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, an average of 298 million acres of cropland receives glyphosate applications annually, giving a sense of how routinely the herbicide enters agricultural landscapes. Much of the attention around glyphosate has centred on weeds…

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In 2017, a total solar eclipse changed animal behaviour as scientists watched 17 species react to sudden darkness

On 21 August 2017, the afternoon light at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, began to fade. For the people gathered there, the approaching darkness was an astronomical spectacle. For the animals living outside in the zoo’s enclosures, it was something rather different: daylight was suddenly behaving as if evening had arrived. Researchers had prepared…

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A Texas homeowner thought they had a snake problem. Then more than 20 rattlesnakes emerged from beneath the house

A routine wildlife-removal call in Aledo, Texas, turned into a startling discovery when specialists found more than 20 rattlesnakes living beneath a home. The homeowners had initially sought help with what appeared to be a typical animal-removal problem, but snake wrangler Sheila Taber soon realised the situation was far more serious. As the team worked…

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Chiranjeevi says audiences will come to theatres for good content; ‘It is wrong to say people are staying home and watching OTT’

Tollywood Megastar Chiranjeevi attended the success meet of his nephew Varun Tej’s latest release, ‘Korean Kanakaraju’. Directed by Merlapaka Gandhi, the film is a horror comedy which has been receiving positive to mixed response. During the event, the Telugu veteran spoke about the recent success of different films and said it is wrong to believe…

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When Sara Ali Khan spoke about growing up with a singe mother after Amrita Singh, Saif Ali Khan’s divorce: ‘At a very early age I realised that koi aapke liye kuch karne nai wala hai’

Sara Ali Khan celebrates her birthday today and from started out as an actor with ‘Kedarnath’, she’s come a long way. Apart from her evolution as an actor, Sara has also grown to be a strong lady and in an earlier interview with ETimes, she had revealed that growing up around strong women like her…

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Farmer’s Almanac predicts a cold, snowy Wyoming winter, but one meteorologist calls long-range August forecasts ‘voodoo magic’

Meteorologist Don Day Calls New Farmer’s Almanac Winter Forecast ‘Voodoo Magic’ The Farmer’s Almanac has released its 2026–2027 winter forecast, predicting a “cold, snowy at times, and breezy” season for Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. However, local meteorologist Don Day is warning people not to put too much trust in such long-range forecasts released…

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