Various forms of mercury are released naturally by volcanoes and weathering of rocks and soil. Human activities, such as mining or burning fossil fuels, can also release the element into the ...

The Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve provides a summer home for a small group of an endangered species of dragonflies born and raised in a biology lab in South Dakota. A team of ecologists with the ...

With 360-degree vision, bright-colored bodies that sparkle jewel-like in the sun, and acrobatic flight patterns reaching speeds of nearly 35 miles per hour, dragonflies are some of the more glamorous ...

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At an aquatic laboratory nestled in Warrenville's Blackwell Forest Preserve, freshwater mussels grow in beakers, fish race up and down long holding tanks, and rare endangered dragonfly larva munch on ...

Dragonfly larvae sampled from Cape Cod and Minuteman National Historical Park recently helped tell a much bigger story about mercury pollution in the U.S. A national study published this week in the ...

A years-in-the-making model developed by the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey could offer a deeper look at mercury concentration levels on federal lands across the country — including ...

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