Eastern snapping turtles use culverts to hunt migratory herring
Culverts allow fish to move through human-dominated habitats, but they also serve up dinner for clever predators
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The little mountain rivers that create the Amazon might soon be choked off
Life depends on the minerals and sediment rivers carry down from the Andes
A version of this article originally appeared on Science Friday
Mapping extreme microbes in the Amazon’s Boiling River
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, biochemist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investigates the medicinal properties of microbes flowing in a sacred boiling river
Can AI predict the next big flood before it happens?
Computers are learning from past big ones to point to climate patterns of risk
The iconic Colorado River carries less water, as the climate warms and winter snow disappears
New research quantifies water scarcity in the southwestern USA: expect more drought, with serious socioeconomic consequences