A study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their domestic cats, with fatal consequences. Two household case studies from Michigan in May 2024 were published in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, as fears grow that the virus could mutate…
It’s been centuries since a wolf’s howl was heard across the Scottish Highlands, but a team of researchers thinks it’s time to bring back these much-maligned predators. Doing so, their simulations have found, could return native woodlands to the country and pull carbon from the air. Wolves (Canis lupus) were totally eradicated by human hunting…
A very rare treat is about to grace Earth’s night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all lining up in a neat row –…