The first one is as what my header indicates. Herbicides, not oak wilt, are causing serious problems for oak trees in the midwestern US states. One problem is that few people recognize it as a problem worth monitoring. A second problem is that agribusiness-beholden states are loath to enforce laws against herbicide misuse already on the books. Dicamba, "shockingly," is one of the biggest problems. It's been made worse by creation of "Dicamba Ready" soybeans. (Due to copyright, they can't actually be called that, but that's what they are — a dicamba-resistant analogue to Roundup Ready beans.)
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Sorry, Massimo, but contra this piece, Thales probably did NOT predict the famous 515 BCE eclipse and I even mentioned that to you before. And, of course, what he did know about partial success in predictions came from Babylon. See here, as well as on Thales' life in general. EVERY claim about Thales as a natural scientist is anecdotal and was regarded as such 2,000 years ago, if not 2,400 or more.
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Orcas and dolphins team-hunting? Not your norm by any means, but in the US Pacific Northwest, they're doing just that to nab salmon. The orcas use the dolphins as scouts; the dolphins, who don't normally eat salmon, likely get protection from this Northern Resident pod of orcas against other, dolphin-eating orcas.
