Vulnerable birds deviating from migratory routes by up to 155 miles, which could affect breeding

“Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study. The results, which are contrary to prevailing opinion, are based on DNA analysis of skeletons and teeth found in what is now Denmark.”...

Demand for sand has risen dramatically in recent decades, thanks in large part to its crucial role in construction. In the Indian state of Goa, sand mafias are illegally extracting the resource from riverbeds, beaches and open pits, causing major environmental challenges.

A recording of an extremely rare half male, half female Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)...

Inspired by Octavia Butler's Afrofuturist fiction, a Sonoma County farmer helps Black Californians connect with nature and learn lessons in climate resilience.

A howling 'monster wolf' is scaring wild bears away from the city of Takikawa.

In which The Aesthetic City takes a deep dive on why people (especially student and professional architects) tend to like adequately-beautifully, designed buildings in cities and towns over modern-age ones, and some more surprising factoids over tastes and philosophies of some notable modernist architects of today along the way.

We are coming to the end of winter here in Australia and it's time to get my garden beds ready for the upcoming growing season. I've got some weeding to do and general tidying up around the yard before spring is upon us. So welcome to today's gardening timelapse!

The Texas brown tarantula, with a leg span of about 4 to 5 inches, typically makes the journey from late August to October once it reaches sexual maturity at around 10 years old.

What's up this week? It's hellishly hot but some people will deny it. A door to heaven opens, whales dance, a piano plays in the forest. And more.

“Bears have evolved to be these food-finding machines,” says Heather Johnson, a research wildlife biologist with the US Geological Survey Alaska Science Center and a member of the IUCN North American Bear Expert Team. Yet climate change is making it harder for them to find a meal in the wild. Bears prefer eating their...

Volyn: a mystical and enigmatic land, filled with lakes, forests, swamps, rivers and streams, legends, history, and unique people who live at the crossroads of different worlds and stories.

My goodness, it was a busy week in weird! Just the world weather wackiness alone left me flabbergasted. But the silly season is most certainly upon us. This is an extra jam-packed edition today. Thanks for reading Sharon's Strange Times! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey are studying how environmental contaminants like pesticides and antibiotics are impacting butterfly and moth populations.

You can just make out the top of keopuka rock.