Sure, people love Southern California’s palm trees, abundant sunshine, and perfect waves. But plenty of locals and visitors feel as much passion for the rare and magnificent marine mammals that swim near Catalina and the other Channel Islands.
Canada's new Biotron superlab contains miniature chunks of the natural world that will help us predict the impact of climate change on living organisms.
With some 1.3 billion cows worldwide, ruminant bad breath accounts for 80 million tons of methane each year -- a gas that is 20 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.