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Scientists Want to Use the Moon to Safeguard Earth’s Biodiversity
There's something wrong with us. We've risen to prominence on a world that's positively "rippling with life," as Carl Sagan…
How Animal Movements Help Us Study the Planet
Scientists have been underutilizing a key resource we can use to help us understand Earth: animals. Our fellow Earthlings have…
Light Pollution from Skyglow Changes Bird Behavior
In the astronomy community, we typically this of light pollution as an overall negative. Much research points out its negative…
What Animals Have Been to Space?
When we think of astronauts, we think of humans. But there have been plenty of animals who have traveled in…
Rocket Frog, Space Bat, and Now… a Launch Armadillo?
At 4:10 a.m. EDT this morning an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely…
Gerbils, mice perish as Russian spacecraft returns to Earth
A menagarie of animals launched to space last month has arrived back on Earth -- with a few casualties for…
Martian Settlers May Need Chickens To Conquer The Red Planet
If humanity ever intends upon on settling Mars (by settling I mean a one way trip with no plans on…
Who were the Space Monkeys?
The Space Age was an era of unprecedented technological development. In addition to developing the rockets and modules needed to…