Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: (U.S Navy photo, Brad Penta) STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Tiny and frightening-looking creatures lurking throughout our world's oceans ...

Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin, scientists say

First suggested for killer whales, skin molt may drive long-distance migration for all whales that forage in cold watersCredit: John ...

NUI Galway highlights reproductive flexibility in hydractinia, a Galway bay jellyfish

Study shows how the jellyfish Hydractinia produces eggs and sperm more flexibly than humansCredit: Dr Tim DuBuc A new study, ...

Tools used to study human disease reveal coral disease risk factors

Credit: Dane Hallam In a study published in Scientific Reports, a team of international researchers led by University of Hawai'i ...

Newly found bacteria fights climate change, soil pollutants

Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria that ...

The University of Tennessee System announces One Health Initiative

Effort to focus on animal, environmental issues with implications for human healthCredit: Tory Salvador, UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University ...

Diversifying traditional forest management to protect forest arthropods

Forest arthropods and rivers: an unknown connectionCredit: Antoni Serra, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-CRBA The structure of vegetation and steam distance are ...

DNA from ancient packrat nests helps unpack Earth’s past

New study uses environmental DNA sequencing technique to show ecological changes since last Ice AgeCredit: © Julio Betancourt New work ...

Coral reef authorities in Guam sign partnership agreement

University of Guam brings agencies together to restore Guam's threatened coral reefsCredit: University of Guam An agreement signed on Feb. ...

Citizen scientists discover a new snail, name it after Greta Thunberg

Credit: Taxon Expeditions - Pierre Escoubas A new to science species of land snail was discovered by a group of ...

Himalayan wolf discovered to be a unique wolf adapted to harsh high altitude life

Himalayan wolf found to be characteristically adapted to the harsh life in the Asian high altitudesCredit: Geraldine Werhahn The Himalayan ...

Scientists develop open-source software to analyze economics of biofuels, bioproducts

'BioSTEAM' allows researchers to quickly compare and prioritize strategies for converting biomass to fuels and productsCredit: The Center for Advanced ...

Eliminating viruses in our food with cranberries and citrus fruit

A team of Canadian researchers is developing a treatment combining fruit extracts and irradiation to prevent outbreaks of foodborne infectionsCredit: ...

Veggie-loving fish could be the new white meat

UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface pricklebackCredit: NOAA/MBARI / Public domain Irvine, Calif., Feb. 19, 2020 -- ...

New test identifies poisonous mushrooms

Credit: Candace Bever, ARS-USDA ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020--A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom ...

Global relationships that determine bird diversity on islands uncovered

Credit: Christophe Thebaud The study, a collection of molecular data from bird species found across 41 oceanic archipelagos, reveals how ...

Stressed corals set up progeny for a better life

Sweet beaks: What Galapagos finches and marine bacteria have in common

Closely related, abundant clades of marine Polaribacter avoid competition during spring algae blooms via distinct sugar dietsCredit: Max Planck Institute ...

Count me out of counting seeds

Credit: Matthew Bertucci One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Over and over and over. That's the ...

Rules of life: From a pond to the beyond