Invasive rushes spreading in upland farm fields
A new study shows invasive native species of rushes are spreading across UK upland farms and have the potential to ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
Credit: Angelina Tittmann, IGB When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria - often called ...
California’s climate refugia: Mapping the stable places
Which lands stand the best chance for conservation and wildfire restoration?Credit: UC Davis Some landscapes can hold their own against ...
Oregon timber harvests don’t appear to affect rare salamander, study finds
Credit: Tiffany Garcia, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A seven-year field experiment on 88 tree stands across Oregon's western ...
Feeding habits differ by age and sex in Asian black bears: Data may help wildlife experts better manage bears’ habitats
Credit: Hiroshi Yokota A ten-year study shows that Asian black bears' diets vary greatly depending on sex, stage of life, ...
National survey shows different bacteria on cell phones and shoes
Microbes mostly harmless, include groups barely known to scienceCredit: Kristen Vincent, https://www.facebook.com/kristenvincentphotography The largest study of its kind in the ...
Scientists lament ‘Humpty Dumpty’ effect on world’s spectacular, rare wildlife
'We can't always put things back together again,' researchers sayCredit: Joel Berger/ Colorado State University Some of the world's largest, ...
New books present the PhyloCode, an evolution-based system for naming organisms
Credit: CRC Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Move over, Linnaeus: There's a new way of naming organisms. Scientists have formalized an ...
Threats to global food security from emerging fungal crop pathogens
Credit: University of Exeter Amongst the world's most challenging problems is the need to feed an ever-growing global population sustainably. ...
‘Social distancing’ saves frogs: New approach to identify individual frogs noninvasively
Credit: Naitik Patel Globally, 41% amphibian species are regarded as threatened with extinction. However, when it comes to the case ...
Protected areas worldwide at risk of invasive species
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL Protected areas across the globe are effectively keeping invasive animals at bay, but the large ...
Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
Credit: Claire Widdicombe A shortage of summer nutrients as a result of our changing climate has contributed to a 50% ...
Environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer space, find hydrologists
IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog's impact on vegetation levels under climate changeCredit: Image ...
When determining sex, exceptions are the rule
Credit: Jacelyn Shu / Genome Biology and Evolution For nearly a century, biologists have modeled the evolution of sex chromosomes--the ...
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