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Shireen Gonzaga

Earth

Migratory birds rely on Central America’s 5 great forests

Migratory birds rely on 5 Central American forests for wintering. Protecting these habitats is vital to reversing their steep population declines.
Space

Lost sisters of the Pleiades are scattered across the sky

Astronomers have discovered that the Pleiades star cluster has more than 3,000 sibling stars that originated from the same giant molecular cloud.
Earth

Scientists discover toads that give birth to live young

Scientists have discovered new tree-dwelling toads in the mountain forests of Tanzania, Africa, that give birth to live young toadlets.
Human World

Jane Goodall, an extraordinary life well-lived (1934 – 2025)

Jane Goodall, a pioneering primatologist, conservationist and peace advocate, died On October 1, 2025. She was 91 years old.
Earth

Nanotyrannus, a T. rex mini-me, coexisted with the big guys

One of the Dueling Dinosaurs fossils of Montana, which scientists thought was a juvenile T. rex, is actually a new Nanotyrannus species.
Earth

Rare fossils show how duck-billed dinosaurs appeared in life

Scientists have reconstructed the outer body features of two 66-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaurs, uncovering exquisite details such as scales and hooves.
Space

Ancient water in protoplanetary disk is older than its star

Astronomers found ancient water in the planet-forming disk of a young star. This heavy water formed in molecular clouds before the star was born.
Earth

Blackwater photography reveals new fish-anemone interactions

Scientists and divers using blackwater photography have documented some juvenile fish carrying, or swimming with, larval anemones and polyps.
Space

Early universe was warmer than expected, new study says

New data from the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope reveal that the early universe was warmer than expected during the Epoch of Reionization.
Space

Astronomers find 2 galaxies linked by a huge gas bridge

Astronomers have discovered 2 dwarf galaxies linked by a colossal hydrogen gas bridge, which spans an enormous 185,000 light-years.

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