Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America (phys.org)
Trees struggle to 'breathe' as climate warms, researchers find (phys.org)
Two New Toxic Birds Discovered (www.scientificamerican.com)
John Oliver Explains Why Ethanol Fuel Is a Lie (gizmodo.com)
Scientists are using underwater speakers to help restore degraded coral reefs: Study (abcnews.go.com)
New research shows unintended harms of organic farming (www.france24.com)
Paper : www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado4083
Hidden DNA found in blue whales reveals they've been mating with other species — and their hybrid offspring (www.livescience.com)
This Flower Refrigerates Itself to Survive Scorching Summers (www.scientificamerican.com)
'Sexually promiscuous' penguins are mating twice in one season as the climate changes (www.abc.net.au)
With fewer pollinators, plants are cutting back on nectar production (arstechnica.com)
Ivory-billed woodpecker isn’t extinct (again) (earthsky.org)
The deadly sea slug that steals venom from its prey (www.livescience.com)
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans (phys.org)
Almost a third of Australia's plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming (phys.org)
No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study (news.mongabay.com)
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds (www.science.org)
After a devastating conflagration, trees regrow using energy stored long ago
Letting those leaves pile up? New research shows leaf litter contains persistent free radicals (phys.org)
Ecologists use satellite images to predict wheat yield with 98% accuracy via satellite imagery (phys.org)
Large Herbivores Can Help Prevent Massive Wildfires (www.scientificamerican.com)
This bot hunts down starfish only (interestingengineering.com)
Engineers developed RangerBot, a compact autonomous underwater vehicle, to combat the coral-devouring crown-of-thorns starfish using targeted lethal injections.
Research Reveals Surprising Ecological Benefits of Non-native Bombax ceiba (botany.one)
The exotic Bombax ceiba tree emerges as an unlikely champion for urban biodiversity in Brazil, supporting numerous bird species and strengthening the human-nature connection....