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Flora And Fauna

In New Mexico's Carlsbad Cavern, hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out each summer evening and eat about three tons of insects, mostly moths and beetles, while Texas colonies intercept corn earworm moths above cotton country

Every summer evening, hundreds of thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats spiral out of Carlsbad Cavern and climb thousands of feet into the desert sky to intercept corn earworm moths bound for cotton and sorghum fields across the southern Plains — a functioning pest-control system that saves farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 8, 2026

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The Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside Denver manufactured nerve agents and pesticides for four decades, and after a Superfund cleanup the 15,000-acre site became a National Wildlife Refuge now hosting bison, bald eagles, and one of the largest urban prairie dog colonies in the country

The Rocky Mountain Arsenal produced sarin, mustard agent, and pesticides for four decades before a $2.1 billion Superfund cleanup turned the 15,000-acre site into a National Wildlife Refuge ten miles from downtown Denver, now home to a wild bison herd, bald eagles, and one of the largest urban prairie dog colonies in North America.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

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Sea otters along California's central coast that habitually use rocks to crack open snails and mussels show measurably less tooth damage than otters that bite prey directly, a difference biologists documented across years of tracking 196 radio-tagged animals at Monterey Bay and four other sites

A 2024 study in Science tracking 196 radio-tagged southern sea otters in Monterey Bay found that individuals who reliably use stone anvils to crack shellfish suffer measurably less tooth damage than otters that bite prey directly — a difference that keeps them alive when their preferred prey disappears.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

Perseverance filmed Phobos crossing the Sun again on 12 August 2026 — the same potato-shaped moon whose orbit is slowly decaying toward Mars

On 12 August 2026, NASA's Perseverance rover filmed Phobos — a 27-kilometre potato-shaped moon spiralling inward toward Mars at 1.8 centimetres per year — crossing the face of the Sun. Each transit refines the timeline for when tidal forces will tear the moon apart.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

Climate Science

After a 25-acre Lake Erie wetland was reconnected, sonar logged about 3.44 million fish detections across 2,022 monitoring hours over four years, showing fish poured back into the restored habitat

When a degraded wetland reconnects to its natural waterway, hundreds of thousands of fish don't wait for permission to return.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

Days after the Great Kantō Earthquake of September 1923, aerial photos showed Yokosuka Naval Arsenal wrecked and the battlecruiser Amagi sitting damaged on the building berth

A catastrophic earthquake transformed Japan's naval ambitions, forcing military planners to salvage what they could from the wreckage and reshape their fleet's future.

By Space War Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026

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