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Western tent caterpillars might not be on your mind every year, but during their peak outbreaks, they’re impossible to ignore—hairy larvae wriggling across roads and swarms of caterpillars climbing houses to form yellow silken cocoons.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.

This new invention could make today’s heavy electric vehicle batteries lighter, safer and increase their range.

John Mutter remembers seeing the roofs of single-story homes poking above the water level in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

Human-driven climate change threatens many species, including birds.

Research into fatal tumours growing on Queensland tree frogs has begun at The University of Queensland.

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — can develop tiny structural flaws that may limit fusion performance.

Research reveals that unvegetated meandering rivers can geologically masquerade as braided rivers, suggesting they were much more common in the first 90 percent of Earth’s history than previously thought.

Almost everything Nina Wurzburger does — at least in terms of research — relates to forests.

Engaging with nature could be an effective measure for those with low wellbeing to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.