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Photo by J. Cogan Center for Whale Research Georgia Straits, British Columbia A recent lull in winter weather gave scientists the opportunity to draw close enough to the newly born orca, named J-50, to determine its sex. They now confirm that ...

Though the blizzard of 2015 was gentler than predicted in New York City and Philadelphia, every severe weather warning represents a major challenge to homeless people who can't or don't want to seek refuge in a shelter or warming center. Every year, ...

This week, The New York Times published a comprehensive investigation into deplorable animal treatment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), a sprawling complex of laboratories in Nebraska with the overarching ...

Researchers Urge a Rapid Allocation of New Spectrum to Boost U.S. Position in Global Race New York, NY /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The latest shot in a 21st century moon race of sorts was fired this week, as researchers from NYU WIRELESS answered a ...

The absence of very severe catastrophes and a quiet hurricane season in the North Atlantic meant that losses from natural catastrophes in 2014 were much lower. In North America, overall losses of $30 billion and insured losses of $18 billion were ...

With Ars sending writers around the globe to visit GE research centers, we wanted our readers to share in with some of the experiences we're having during these travels. These blog posts are meant to convey some highlights, rather than being an ...

A keeper feeds pandas named Qin Chuan and Le Le at the Shaanxi Wild Animal Rescue and Research Center in Louguan, Shaanxi Province, on September 24, 2010. Photo: IC A sign reading "Park is closed, No visitors allowed" was erected on the road ...

(TNS) — Every day at 9:10 a.m., in a room at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration complex aglow with blinking computer monitors and real-time images of the sun, a team of scientists gathers to learn if the Earth might be facing ...

Unusually calm weather hundreds of miles off the California Coast late last year helped NOAA Fisheries researchers spot numerous juvenile loggerhead turtles, revealing new clues about their migration across the Pacific. Credit: Paula Olson/NOAA ...