On September 20, Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico, wiping out its electrical grid, crippling its water supply, and displacing tens of thousands of people. Shortly after the storm, Governor Ricardo Rosselló called ...
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Julie Leibach is a freelance science writer and editor based in Brooklyn, NY. In two past lives, she was an editor at Science Friday and at Audubon Magazine.
Bats Can Learn New ‘Dialects’ from Roostmates
The way you talk says something about where you were raised. Turns out, the same appears to be true for bats. Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) developed ...
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In a home workspace once reserved for sewing projects, Kim Williams-Guillén has made way for a 3D printer. But the purpose of the machine isn’t so much for arts and crafts as it is for conservation. For the past year ...
READ MORE ›When a Hurricane Hits, Should I Rescue Stranded Animals?
As Hurricane Irma churned along the Florida peninsula, several manatees found themselves in compromising situations. You may have read about two that got stuck in mucky limbo near Sarasota, on the west coast, ahead of ...
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