Tag: Biodiversity

May 6, 2019

The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, ...

UV lights on power lines may help save Sandhill cranes

May 6, 2019

Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an ...

Research shows cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

May 3, 2019

Credit: Douglas Kamaru Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices ...

Running may have made dinosaurs’ wings flap before they evolved to fly

New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flightCredit: Talori et al. Before they evolved ...

ESA tipsheet for May 6, 2019

Upcoming research in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Thursday, 2 May 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Zoe Gentes, 202-833-8773 ...

Invasive beavers: Bad for the climate

Credit: Cristian Samper/WCS Scientists documented the effects of invasive North American beavers (Castor canadensis) on carbon sequestration of a riparian ...

This hawk likes crab for dinner

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) feed primarily on mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates, the majority of which ...

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Credit: Noelle Held/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Arsenic is a deadly poison for most living things, but new research shows that ...

Why can’t we all get along (like Namibia’s pastoralists and wildlife?)

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Conflicts between humans and wildlife are escalating worldwide due to human population growth, urbanization, growth of ...

Bronx river turtles get a check-up

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS A team of scientists and veterinarians gave a health evaluation of turtles living in the Bronx ...

It’s hard to be a nomad in Mongolia

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Scientists tracked 22 Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) over the vast grasslands of Mongolia for a 1-3 ...

Bottom sediment reveals that the climate change flows into lakes

Increasing amounts of dark coloured carbon compounds that originate from the catchment area flow into the Arctic and northern lakes.Credit: ...

The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities

Plants play an important role for most indigenous communities in South America, and not merely as a source of food. ...

Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and ...

Defining Hurricane Michael’s impact on St. Joe Bay, Florida

Hurricane Michael tore a path through Panama City, Mexico Beach, and Port St. Joe, Florida in October 2018. The storm ...

Vaccination may help protect bats from deadly disease

A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international ...

Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake, the largest body of freshwater in Alaska ...

Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals

Credit: Meng Chen A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three ...

Why do birds typically live longer than mammals?

Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do ...

Biologists warn of peril from biological invasions as White House cuts funding