Understanding Amazonia’s mysterious ocelots
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Researchers conducted a 12-year study from 2010 to 2017 on ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian Amazon, deploying 899 camera traps...
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Bird personalities influenced by both age and experience, study shows
New research by University of Alberta biologists examines development of personality in birdsCredit: Jan J. Wijmenga For birds, differences in personality are a function of...
Changing minds: How do you communicate with climate change skeptics?
UNLV researcher develops new method for categorizing climate change beliefs and shares tactics for communicating with deniersCredit: Aaron Mayes/UNLV Creative Services Warming oceans. Shrinking ice...
Study confirms banded iron formations originated from oxidized iron
New research from University of Alberta scientists dispels misconceptions about origins of banded iron formationsCredit: Tom Price A new study by University of Alberta scientists...
New model predicts impact of invasive lionfish predators on coral reefs
Marine biologists uncover clues about what makes invasive lionfish such effective predators on reefs in the Atlantic and CaribbeanCredit: Mark Albins, Ohio State University A...
Taking stock of Indonesia’s reef fishes
Credit: Fakhrizal Setiawan A research team estimated the natural stock of reef fishes from three regencies in the lesser Sunda-Banda Seascape in Indonesia to fill...
Counting the uncounted
Credit: WCS Though abundance is a fundamental measure in ecology and environmental management, detecting all individuals in a population is usually impossible when monitoring, so...
Fertilizer plants emit 100 times more methane than reported
ITHACA, N.Y. - Emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell University and Environmental Defense Fund have found. Using...
Leopard coral grouper: Overexploited
Credit: Dhani Researchers measured the population stock in Saleh Bay, Indonesia of the commercially valuable leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), a species subject to population...
Northeastern deer more susceptible to wasting disease than those to the west
Credit: Joe Kosack, Pennsylvania Game Commission Some deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease that is spreading through herds of white-tailed deer across much...
The Lancet editor Richard Horton to be honored June 10, 2019
2019 Roux Prize winner is 'relentlessly taking on issues' to advance health, challenge the medical profession, and promote human rights LONDON - Dr. Richard Horton,...
Social interactions impact climate change predictions, U of G study reveals
In a first-ever study measuring the impact of social behavior on climate change predictions, researchers found social processes, such as news your friend switched to...
What’s fair game on the high seas?
Sonar innovation could single out sustainable tuna species from afarCredit: International Seafood Sustainability Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 6 -- Sustainability-driven new research could one day...
Elasmobranches getting slammed
Credit: Benaya Simeon Elasmobranches - sharks, rays, and skates - are at an elevated risk of extinction due to overfishing, and Indonesia is a global...
Are penguins righties or lefties?
Credit: Julie larsen Maher/WCS Researchers in Punta Tombo, Argentina conducted a study to see whether Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) showed lateralization (handedness) in their behaviors...
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