Shifts seen in breeding times and duration for 73 boreal bird species over 40 years
UMass Amherst ecologist, part of Finnish team, used 820,000 nesting recordsCredit: Finnish Museum of Natural History/Aleksi Lehikoinen AMHERST, Mass. - ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Research breakthrough in fight against chytrid fungus
Genes responsible for protecting frogs may play role in death from global diseaseCredit: Photo credit: Veronica Urgiles, University of Central ...
Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands
Credit: Danielle Byerley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant ...
Climate change is impacting the spread of invasive animal species
The Asian shore crab as an example of invasive species successfully spreading to the North Sea and BalticCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Insitut ...
More flowers and pollinator diversity could help protect bees from parasites
Credit: Peter Graystock Having more flowers and maintaining diverse bee communities could help reduce the spread of bee parasites, according ...
Science sweetens native honey health claims
Credit: (c) Tobias Smith UQ Science has validated Indigenous wisdom by identifying a rare, healthy sugar in native stingless bee ...
Plastics found in sea-bed sharks
Credit: Jake Davies Microplastics have been found in the guts of sharks that live near the seabed off the UK ...
Everything you ever wanted to know about leech sex but were afraid to ask
Credit: Karen Kidd Today, we pull the veil back on the secret sex lives of leeches and how researchers at ...
If it’s big enough and leafy enough the birds will come
Study highlights urban parks and bird diversityCredit: Graphic by Frank La Sorte using eBird data and data from the NYC ...
Changes in farming urgent to rescue biodiversity
Over 360 scientists from 42 countries - led by the University of Göttingen and Westlake University China - call for ...
Cacti and other iconic desert plants threatened by solar development
Native desert plants important to indigenous cultures especially vulnerableCredit: Steve Grodsky, UC Davis With their tough skins, pointy armor and ...
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
Only 16% of the continent's Important Bird Areas are located within negligibly impacted areasCredit: Steven Chown Antarctica is considered one ...
St Petersburg University scientists count all the tiny snails in the Arctic
The information gathered will help to learn more about marine ecosystem pollution and climate change.Credit: SPbU Shell-bearing microgastropods are snails ...
Clear strategies needed to reduce bushmeat hunting
Disease prevention and protection of species require differentiated strategiesCredit: Wild Chimpanzee Foundation Covid-19 and the associated global economic, health and ...
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