Environment

Researchers looked into how some bats made long distance migrations easier

4:01am January 03, 2025

by Jonathan Lambert

Long distance migrations can take a lot out of energy, but one kind of bat has found some assistance. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2025.)

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Environment

Migrating bats surf on storms

5:38pm January 02, 2025

by Jonathan Lambert

Long distance migrations can take a lot out of energy, but one kind of bat has found some assistance.

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Environment

Abandoned farmland is having a profound impact on ecosystems in Europe

5:02pm January 02, 2025

by Dan Charles

Farmland is being abandoned across Europe as it's difficult to make a living. Some ecologist fear that some plant and species will lose ground but some hope that other species may fill in the gaps.

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A plan to kill thousands of invasive owls has left activists divided

4:53pm January 02, 2025

This summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a plan to kill thousands of invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. A lawsuit may hold up broader implementation.

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A caution sign outside of compressor station 155 in Lexington, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD

State lawmakers call for a detailed look at pipeline expansion, raise environmental concerns

1:41pm January 02, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

A massive proposed expansion to the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, which runs through parts of the Piedmont, has caught the attention of 14 North Carolina General Assembly members.

Environment

A plan to save one owl species at the expensive of another divides activists

5:19am January 02, 2025

This summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a plan to kill thousands of invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. A lawsuit may hold up broader implementation.

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DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole

4:49am January 02, 2025

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

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Environment

Democrats worry Trump may chip away at Biden's progress on clean energy

4:35am January 02, 2025

by A Martínez

A conversation about the present and future of green energy in the U.S. with outgoing Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

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Meet the new animal species discovered in 2024

5:11pm December 31, 2024

by Jonathan Lambert

A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.

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Tiger-cats, sea squirts and beetles, oh my! Meet some species identified in 2024

5:00am December 31, 2024

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.