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Coffee may change gut microbes linked to mood and brain function

Scientists left bamboo forests alone for 30 years; biomass rose 161%, phosphorus stocks grew 379%

Artificial beaver dams raised bat activity 3.9 times; amphibians returned

Rice husk ash could make asphalt more resistant to high-temperature damage

She found a baby raccoon on her ship; 7 years later, her Mississippi rescue has 76 orphaned kits

Vivien He developed a device that detects earthquake signals and sends warnings through alarms

In 1993, a project set out to reconnect wildlife habitat from Yellowstone to Canada's Yukon

California acquired 640 acres near Pioneertown for western Joshua tree conservation

Burmese pythons are climbing trees, revealing differences between adults and juveniles

Ohio solar farm becomes home to 3 million honey bees across 50 hives

Satellite images led Julian Bayliss to Mount Lico, where a new butterfly emerged

Zambian community turns dry-toilet waste into fertiliser as declining soil fertility hits farms

14-year-old Jia Mingxuan builds tree-saving device that wins gold in Germany

Pennsylvania landowner bought his homestead in 1988; later protected 230 acres forever

In 2019, 1,500 volunteers counted California seals and sea lions from drone images for accuracy

At Studland Bay, replacing damaging boat anchors with eco-moorings cut scars in seagrass by 94%

29 years of warming boosted shrubs 150% in a Colorado grassland

Engineers used 500,000 cubic yards of Mississippi River sand to build 7 islands and restore 270 acres

Astronomers find a stellar pair with one of the fastest shrinking orbits

Solar farms with taller grass and wildflowers support more birds, study finds