Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the Atlantic

[ad_1] Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Bermuda, forecasters said Saturday.  Fernand is the sixth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and it comes on the heels of Hurricane Erin, which formed in a similar area on Aug. 15.  According to the the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, it…

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How a Smithsonian lab is helping threatened species get off the endangered list

[ad_1] The animals that live on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s sprawling 32,000 acres in Northern Virginia are connected by one thing: the threat of extinction. Tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, more than 20 species at risk of extinction, including Mongolia’s Przewalski’s horse, which disappeared from the wild at the end…

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