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12 Dogs And Kid Spooning Sessions That Could Change The World

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

Because they are not just man's best friends...

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Michael Pollan: Why the family meal is crucial to civilisation

guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago

Michael Pollan, the American food writer and campaigner, says eating together round the table every night is the way children learn best how to get along in the wider world...

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Britain's paradise has been lost – but there's still hope for our wildlife

guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago

Chris Packham: In my lifetime our wonderful wildlife has been decimated. We need to up our game and mobilise the millions who care

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Archaeologists Find Priceless Cache Of Cave Paintings

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

Mexican researchers announced a remarkable find this week: nearly 5,000 well-preserved cave paintings scattered across 11 different sites...

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Fracking accident leaks benzene into Colorado stream

grist.org 13 hours ago

Benzene levels soared in a Colorado creek after a natural gas facility spilled hundreds of barrels of natural gas liquid. So why haven't those responsible been fined?

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TONIGHT: Eclipse To Be Visible Online

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/24/2013 12:46 PM EDT on SPACE.com The moon will take the smallest of dips through the Earth's shadow in a minor eclipse tonight (May 24) and you can watch the lunar...

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Farm State Senator Defends 'Monsanto Protection Act'

huffingtonpost.com 23 May

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans objected to an attempt Thursday to repeal a controversial provision, informally dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act," that could allow seeds deemed unsafe to be...

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At least four exposed to radiation after Japan laboratory leak: agency

reuters.com 2 hours ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - At least four people, and possibly up to 55, were exposed to radiation when radioactive material leaked during a laboratory experiment in Japan, the facility's operators said on...

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LOOK: Meet Ray Charles, The Blind Puppy That's The Next Big Thing

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

He may be visually impaired, but when you have that smile and those tresses, stardom is but an inevitability.

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Why early human ancestors took to two feet

sciencedaily.com 19 hours ago

A new study by archaeologists challenges evolutionary theories behind the development of our earliest ancestors from tree dwelling quadrupeds to upright bipeds capable of walking and scrambling.

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Two volcanoes erupting in Alaska: Scientists are monitoring and providing alerts on Pavlof and...

sciencedaily.com 12 hours ago

Two of Alaska's most active volcanoes -- Pavlof and Cleveland -- are currently erupting...

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The Cicadas Are Here!

huffingtonpost.com 9 hours ago

By Megan Gannon, LiveScience News Editor: The 17-year-old sex-crazed cicadas of Brood II have started to stir in Staten Island.

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WATCH: ANOTHER Manatee Rider

huffingtonpost.com 19 hours ago

A news helicopter captured yet more manatee harassment in Florida, this time in Sarasota.

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It's World Turtle Day!

huffingtonpost.com 23 May

From Vetstreet's Lisa Granshaw: May 23 is World Turtle Day, an annual event created to celebrate and increase awareness of turtle species around the world.

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Climate change will be slower than thought, study shows – or does it?

guardian.co.uk 18 hours ago

Graham Readfearn: New climate study just one step to understanding future climate change, but Australia is already feeling the heat

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Screwed by climate change: 10 cities that will be hardest hit

grist.org 23 May

We’ll all feel the heat, but some more than others. Here’s our solute to the cities most at risk as temperatures rise.

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Spared by climate change: The 10 best cities to ride out hot times

grist.org 23 hours ago

Here are the places we’ll all be running to as the rest of the world goes to hell.

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Government licensed secret buzzard egg destruction, documents reveal

guardian.co.uk 23 May

Eggs and nests of protected raptors destroyed to protect pheasant shoot, according to FoI documents

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Photographer documents a year in the life of a bur oak on his iPhone

guardian.co.uk 22 hours ago

Mark Hirsch publishes images taken using his smartphone through the changing seasons in a book called That Tree

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Horsemeat company regularly mixed horse in with beef, say Polish workers

guardian.co.uk 23 hours ago

Former employees of Willy Selten plant say horse and putrid meat were added to beef for at least five years

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The week in wildlife – in pictures

guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago

A desert fox, a year in the life of a tree and a windblown owl are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world

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A Vital River, Drained of Wildlife

scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com 19 hours ago

A researcher and his family watched as pairs of Irrawaddy dolphins breached and frolicked, their whimsical play in sharp contrast to the species’ grim reality.

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Gut punch: Monsanto could be destroying your microbiome

grist.org 23 May

The EPA and its buddies in Agribusiness just quietly upped your recommended daily allowance of Roundup. This could be seriously bad news for your belly.

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German beer-makers are concerned about the impact of fracking on beer quality

treehugger.com 18 hours ago

German brewers have sent a letter to various officials in Berlin to voice their concern that shale gas exploitation via fracking could endanger the water supply on which they depend.

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Sunderbans has more tigers than official estimate

timesofindia.indiatimes.com 10 hours ago

A recent camera-trap study by WWF-India and the West Bengal forest department has detected the presence of at least 77 tigers in the mangroves, much higher than the lower limit of 64 thrown up by the...

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Bridge Collapses In Washington State

huffingtonpost.com 24 May

The Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge In Washington state collapsed on Thursday evening, KIRO-TV reported...

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WATCH: Super-Smart Dog Understands Sentences

huffingtonpost.com 24 May

Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

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Keystone: What We Know

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

Keystone: What We Know - The Huffington Post

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New to nature special: the top 10 new species

guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago

From a snail-eating snake to a harp-shaped sponge… Quentin Wheeler on whittling down 18,000 new species to 10 favourites

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Plantwatch: The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods

guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago

Paul Simons on one of our greatest natural spectacles – and the threat from an aggressive alien imposter

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How horsemeat scandal company used migrant workers to boost production - video

guardian.co.uk 23 hours ago

Felicity Lawrence visits a Dutch meat processing plant alleged to have supplied horsemeat labelled as beef to an abattoir in Cheshire

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Active or 'extremely active' Atlantic hurricane season predicted for 2013

sciencedaily.com 15 hours ago

In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an active or extremely active season this year.

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Monkey teeth help reveal Neanderthal weaning

sciencedaily.com 20 hours ago

Most modern human mothers wean their babies much earlier than our closest primate relatives. But what about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals? A team of U.S...

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