Did you know that dogs can donate blood? We don’t often think of pups as needing transfusions the way humans sometimes do, but everything from injuries to blood clotting disorders can cause canines to require donated blood. And Sharwood, an adorable 8-year-old Gordon setter from England, has risen to the occasion more than any other, […]
Can wool save water? Sheep ranchers certainly think so. Over the past decade, an increasing number have begun turning their “waste wool” — aka the low-quality wool that can’t be used for fabric and typically gets tossed — into fertilizer. Unwashed raw wool boasts plenty of nutrients plants love, like nitrogen and potassium, making it […]
If you randomly stumbled upon a video camera in your backyard, you might do a little investigating to see who was watching — and in “exceedingly rare” footage from the Batéké Plateau National Park, a chimpanzee did the same. Clasping a long stick between its fingers, the curious ape poked at the camera’s lens before […]
This spring, Nice News is partnering with Re:wild for our Cause of the Season — a quarterly fundraising initiative spotlighting nonprofits doing essential work to make the world a better place. Click here to donate to the organization, and read on for our interview with Re:wild’s Caribbean program officer, Justin Springer. The hundreds of islands […]
This article was written by Sara Pezeshk, a postdoctoral fellow at Florida International University, and Shahin Vassigh, a professor of architecture at Florida International University, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Morningside Park, a […]
The Red Forest in Ukraine, about 94 miles north of Kyiv, is teeming with life. Wild horses, brown bears, wolves, Eurasian lynx, and other animals roam the lush land lined with more than 1,200 plant species. It’s hard to imagine that this is the site of the worst nuclear accident in history. On April 26, […]
This article was written by Alex Jordan, an associate professor of plastics engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, […]
The next time you want to pop some bubbly, there’s no need to wrestle with a heavy bottle of Champagne — a century-old French brand just dropped a lighter version that’s better for the planet. Dubbed the “world’s lightest Champagne bottle,” it weighs a mere 1.76 pounds (or 800 grams) and promises to reduce carbon […]
North America is home to hundreds of national parks — and now, one National Park City. Earlier this month, Chattanooga, Tennessee, became the first on the continent to be named as such by the U.K. nonprofit National Park City Foundation. The third in the world, it follows London and Adelaide, Australia, which nabbed the designations in […]
Lyme disease, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever — these are just some of the serious tick-borne diseases that affect tens of thousands of Americans every year. There is currently one vaccine for preventing tick-borne illness, but it only protects against encephalitis. Thankfully, a recent study on animal resistance may help pave the way for broader […]
Across much of the United States, spring is in full force. With warmer weather, people are taking their furry family members out on longer walks and spending more time outside. Alongside blooming flowers and trees, your pet might run into a small, unassuming grass seed pod known as a foxtail. Despite the cute name, foxtails can pose a major threat to your pet’s health.
Two thousand years ago, members of the Hopewell Culture — a group of Indigenous tribes that lived in what is now Ohio and other parts of the Midwest — began building a series of massive mounds and enclosures that exemplified their engineering skills and advanced knowledge of the cosmos. When Europeans arrived and eventually industrialized […]