41+ min ago   (532+ words) Areas affected by wildfires could triple due to climate change within 75 years, warns a new study. Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions may "substantially extend" regions affected by wildfires across Europe, according to the findings. Researchers in Germany calculated that,…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (686+ words) Honeybee foraging on a flower. (Marta Rossi via SWNS) Letting weeds grow now could help honeybees as they struggle to gather nectar in late summer, according to new research. The study showed that the pollinators find it hardest to forage…...

23+ hour, 12+ min ago   (254+ words) First place in the Nightscape category went to Paul Wilson, who captured a panorama spanning the entire southern night sky in South Australia's Flinders Ranges. (Capture the Dark / Paul Wilson via SWNS) Now in its sixth year, Capture the Dark…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (788+ words) The prothonotary warblers are a small yellow bird that has been found in parts of Southeast Kansas. Kathy Fox and her husband live outside of Pittsburg, Kansas, near the Mined Land Wildlife Area. After her husband had a stroke, they…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (894+ words) In northeast Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhoods are working to clean up vacant lots polluted with lead and other toxic contaminants. The Douglass-Sumner neighborhood in northeast Wyandotte County will receive nearly $4 million to clean up 54 vacant lots contaminated with lead and…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (474+ words) A penguin entering the water with a mouthful of sardine. (Seafish via SWNS) Penguins at a wildlife park in Cornwall are tucking into sardines caught just 10 miles away by local fisherman after keepers ditched fish imported from Europe. Paradise Park…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (190+ words) A passenger plane flies in front of the solar eclipse as seen in Heathrow, UK. 90% of the sun was covered by the moon as seen in England. (SWNS) Large groups of people gathered in parks, observatories and open spaces across…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (675+ words) Purple martins swarm in the skies near Wichita's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport during their annual migration. Just before sunset in a hotel parking lot in west Wichita, Bob and Nancy Livingston are prepping for what looks like a mini tailgate…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (657+ words) Female tree frogs have trouble picking mates when they're spoiled for choice, reveals new research. They struggle to pick the most desirable partners when male suitors abound - much like an indecisive single person on a dating app, say scientists. Their…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (245+ words) Space scientists have revealed a vibrant new image of the Tarantula Nebula. Describing the colorful observation as "like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane," NASA said the resulting cosmic "craft" reveals new details about the star formation…...