In "The Accidental Ecosystem" Peter Alagona explores how and why America’s cities once largely barren of natural features have exploded with wildlife over the past 150 years, even as populations have declined in their traditional habitats..
Southern right whales, one of the most historically hunted whales globally, have recovered nicely since the whaling era. But a new analysis has shown that El Niño events, which warm the seas near South America, made right whale populations dive to a shocking degree in those years, researchers reported recently in Science Advances. Scientists examined […]