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Man fights off bear with hatchet after attack in California mountains

A couple sustained significant injuries during a black bear attack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, authorities said Tuesday. The 17-month-old bear, which also injured the couple’s dogs, was euthanized after the man fought it off with the blunt end of a hatchet, the Mammoth Lakes Police Department said in a news release. The attack occurred around 6 a.m. in Mammoth Lakes, near Yosemite National Park, after the woman tried to stop the bear from fighting with one of her dogs outside...

NBC News 10h ago

Trio of drastically different US lakes straddles the border between states — Earth from space

Trio of drastically different US lakes straddles the border between states — Earth from space A 2020 astronaut photo shows three uniquely colored lakes — Tahoe, Walker and Mono — straddling contrasting biomes on either side of the California-Nevada border. QUICK FACTS Where is it? Along the California-Nevada border

Live Science 18h ago

Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky

Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt, and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, northern Bolivia, appears as a disconnected patchwork of open grassland savannahs, forest islands, and lakes. It feels random, almost unreadable.

Phys.org 1d ago

These California wildflowers could save other plants

These California wildflowers could save other plants Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor As wildflowers go, the mountain jewelflower is demure, clever and quietly unbreakable. It has spread across many of California's iconic landscapes, from Sonoma wine country to the oak-dotted foothills, even over the Sierra Crest, where snow covers the ground during winter. "It seems at first glance like it could grow just about anywhere," said Jennifer Gremer, an associate professor in...

Phys.org 10d ago