Tag: Ecology/Environment

A new twist added to decades of sea otter researchCredit: Joe Tomoleoni/USGS A parasite known only to be hosted in ...

Credit: Gonzalo Jara/Shutterstock The next time you eat sashimi, nigiri or other forms of raw fish, consider doing a quick ...

Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife and buffering against climate changeCredit: Nick Hendershot How we farm ...

Laminarin plays central role in marine carbon cycle; in the sunlit surface layer of the ocean, photosynthetic microalgae convert much ...

Credit: Satoe Kasahara Ph.D., Suwa Hydrobiological Station, Faculty of Science, and Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University The next time ...

Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers thereCredit: Flickr user Lennart Tange, CC BY 2.0 Annapolis, ...

Credit: Kaija Klauder/University of Washington In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain. Without ...

Credit: David D'Amore Adult Pacific salmon spend a great portion of their life in the ocean. But their life began ...

Experts have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattleCredit: © Fiona ...

Credit: Robert Scotland A major advance in revealing the unknown plant diversity on planet Earth is made with a new ...

New mitigation strategy bears great potentialCredit: Pleistocene Park Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional ...

Exposure to microplastics causes cellular changes in fish and may disrupt endocrine systemsCredit: Melissa Chernick, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...

Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus ...

Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survivalCredit: David Stoner/Utah State University A new paper including research from a ...

India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A ...

New tool pinpoints conservation targetsCredit: Nathan Bendik, City of Austin KNOXVILLE --The best bargains for conserving some of the world's ...

Credit: Michelle Sauther In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has ...

Harvest slots protect fish stocks without compromising fisheries yieldCredit: Philipp Czapla Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish ...

Credit: Unequal Scenes, @johnny_miller_photography CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, ...

Credit: Rita Monteiro Pierce WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- It's not spring in New England until the herring are running. From ...