CLIMATE DNA from Greenlandic polar bears shed light on how their numbers have been dramatically influenced by changes in climate over the last several thousand years. Relatively small increases in sea temperature have had big consequences for the polar bear. It is nothing new that polar bears in Greenland are threatened. A study just published […]
Even though they’re the largest animals on earth, whales remain difficult to track. So experts often turn to historical whaling data to inform current research. A dataset maintained by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) contains detailed information on commercial whale catches — more than 2.1 million records, predominantly from 1880 until the IWC banned whaling in 1986. Yet […]
“Nevadans overwhelmingly support putting reproductive rights into our state constitution,” said one abortion rights campaigner. Abortion rights advocates said this week that they would appeal a decision by a Nevada judge to reject a 2024 ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. Carson City District Court Judge James Russell sided Tuesday with […]
The request would remove most conditions on Israel’s use of a U.S. weapons stash, including a requirement that it only use surplus or obsolete weapons and a cap on how much the U.S. can spend resupplying the stash. President Joe Biden has requested that Congress to lift most of the restrictions on Israel’s access to […]