Dark-eyed junco songbirds have been serenading the University of California, Los Angeles campus for decades as they forage for food. The species from the sparrow family is not usually found in cities.

When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los Angeles city birds responded just as quickly, with measurable shifts in beak ...

With no humans to leave behind scraps, this urban bird evolved and developed a longer beak, which shrank again once people came back. Reading time 3 minutes The pandemic had a noticeable impact on the ...

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The private credit business is losing its special sauce. Groups like Ares Management (ARES.N), opens new tab and Blackstone (BX.N), opens new tab once stole ...

As funds deliver mediocre returns and shed investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year. By Maureen Farrell Heading into 2025, private ...

Wall Street fund managers want 401(k) plans to include private credit, but similar products they have already sold to individual investors are in sharp decline this year. Some of the same money ...

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. By Emily Anthes About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco ...

Investors and economists are warning about a piece of the financial system that could pose a risk that is potentially similar in ways to the housing crash that preceded the financial crisis in 2008.

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of David Gentile, a private equity executive who was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme, according to a White House ...

Sesame Street has officially entered the chat and they're embracing the viral "67" meme in the most on-brand way possible. On Sunday, the beloved children's show posted a playful nod to the trend that ...

The remains of Private Mac Kid, who was killed in action during World War II, have been identified and were brought home for a proper burial nearly a century later. Private Kid, a member of Merrill’s ...

Avid travelers are natural list-makers—of countries explored and those still calling their name, of restaurants savored and tables yet to be booked, of landmarks, landscapes, and wonders both seen and ...