Tag: Ecology/Environment

DURHAM, N.H.--Why did the deer cross the road? According to research from the University of New Hampshire to keep going ...

During spring, Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) suitors form choirs in Portugal's Tagus estuary to serenade the females, vibrating their swim ...

Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of ...

Novel methods and dedicated fieldwork offer good news for cleaning up mining pollution in rivers Mining involves moving a lot ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, food systems faced disruptions from staff shortages and supply chain issues. Now, a Virginia Tech researcher ...

Financing a sustainable global ocean economy may require a Paris Agreement type effort, according to a new report from an ...

While captive rearing may cause temporary disorientation, researchers found if Monarchs are given time in the wild to calibrate their ...

When it comes to climate change, policymakers may fail to see the trees for the forest. Turns out that the ...

Rising temperatures are increasingly affecting the quality of life in many regions, setting new challenges for architects, urban planners and ...

If you're a beer drinker, you've noticed that hoppy beers have become increasingly popular. Most of the nation's hops come ...

We sometimes think of the Amazon rainforest as unaltered by humans, a peek into the planet's past. In recent years, ...

Ancient chickens lived significantly longer than their modern equivalents because they were seen as sacred - not food - archaeologists ...

Seek public comment on global youth crowd-sourced ocean policy framework to balance ocean, human, climate, and economic health Concerned youths ...

Just a few bacterial taxa found in ecosystems across the planet are responsible for more than half of carbon cycling ...

BU scientists are investigating how environmental molecules can be used to engineer 'designer' microbiomes for combating disease, pollution, and more ...

Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cycling Tiny algae in Earth's oceans and lakes take ...

A new study shows that substantial amounts of carbon dioxide were released during the last millennium because of crop cultivation ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars to medical devices, the modern world ...

Modeled nitrogen-sparing farms across the US exceeded demand for protein but produced 20% less beef Small-scale mixed-use agriculture that avoids ...

When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 to 80,000 ...