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One of New York’s Most Popular Hiking Destinations Is Getting an Eco Transformation

The Breakneck Ridge Trail is one of the most popular day hikes in not just New York state but the entire country — the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference estimated in 2018 that the destination receives around 100,000 visitors each year. That’s partially thanks to its proximity to the Big Apple: It takes under 90 […]

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NASA Announces Winners of Photographer of the Year Awards: See the Pics

This article was originally written by Dean Murray for SWNS — the U.K.’s largest independent news agency, providing globally relevant original, verified, and engaging content to the world’s leading media outlets. The winners of NASA’s seventh annual Photographer of the Year awards are in. The out-of-this-world images all offer scenes of the space agency’s activities

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New Genome Map of Northern White Rhino Is a “Crucial Step” Toward Saving the Near-Extinct Species

In 2018, the animal kingdom experienced a devastating loss: The world’s last male northern white rhino died. Today, with only two nonreproductive females remaining, both at a conservancy in Kenya, the ungulates are on the brink of extinction — but scientists just got significantly closer to saving them. An international team of scientists from Scripps

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Bottling Second Chances: Inmates Craft Fine Wine on a Remote Tuscan Prison Island

Off Italy’s western coast in the Tuscan archipelago, just 22 miles from the city of Livorno, lies the tiny, often-windswept island of Gorgona. Visitors are drawn to its rugged beauty, and the isolated location promises not only a secluded getaway but also a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the unique work that goes on at the Gorgona

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In Ohio, a 2,000-Year-Old Sacred Native American Earthwork Has Reopened to the Public

Two thousand years ago, members of the Hopewell Culture — a group of Indigenous tribes that lived in what is now Ohio and other parts of the Midwest — began building a series of massive mounds and enclosures that exemplified their engineering skills and advanced knowledge of the cosmos.  When Europeans arrived and eventually industrialized

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Pet Owners: Watch Out for Foxtail Seed Pods That Can Harm Your Dog or Cat This Summer

Across much of the United States, spring is in full force. With warmer weather, people are taking their furry family members out on longer walks and spending more time outside. Alongside blooming flowers and trees, your pet might run into a small, unassuming grass seed pod known as a foxtail. Despite the cute name, foxtails can pose a major threat to your pet’s health. I am a veterinarian in California’s Central Valley, and foxtails are a daily issue where I work, especially during the spring and summer months. 

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New Research on Ticks May Lead to Better Vaccines — Here’s How to Prevent Bites in the Meantime

Lyme disease, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever — these are just some of the serious tick-borne diseases that affect tens of thousands of Americans every year. There is currently one vaccine for preventing tick-borne illness, but it only protects against encephalitis. Thankfully, a recent study on animal resistance may help pave the way for broader

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“A City in a Park”: Chattanooga, Tennessee, Is North America’s First National Park City

North America is home to hundreds of national parks — and now, one National Park City.  Earlier this month, Chattanooga, Tennessee, became the first on the continent to be named as such by the U.K. nonprofit National Park City Foundation. The third in the world, it follows London and Adelaide, Australia, which nabbed the designations in

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The “World’s Lightest Champagne Bottle” Could Eliminate 8,000 Tons of Carbon Emissions Per Year

The next time you want to pop some bubbly, there’s no need to wrestle with a heavy bottle of Champagne — a century-old French brand just dropped a lighter version that’s better for the planet. Dubbed the “world’s lightest Champagne bottle,” it weighs a mere 1.76 pounds (or 800 grams) and promises to reduce carbon

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How Single-Stream Recycling Works — Your Choices Can Make It Better

This article was written by Alex Jordan, an associate professor of plastics engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin,

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