Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: George Meindl BINGHAMTON, N.Y. ? The combined effects of chemical contamination by road salt and invasive species can harm ...

Credit: Terry Ord A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations - adaptations that bring new ...

Credit: Jose Andres The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs--highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Guam The University of Guam and natural resource officials in Saipan and Rota exchanged ...

Polymers clean up mercury and oil spills, nitrogen runoff, and moreCredit: Flinders University / SA Government New Australian technology that ...

Researchers in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan discovered functional differences in TRPA1 which serves as a receptor ...

Credit: Source: IPCC AR5, 2014 A two degree Centigrade increase in global average temperature will lead to catastrophic consequences for ...

Credit: Adam Ronan, Rede Amazônia Sustentável The study looked at areas in the Brazilian Amazon with varying levels of disturbance ...

The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas ...

High fish diversity is a good indicator of forest healthCredit: Courtesy of Lesley de Souza, Field Museum. Think of the ...

Credit: Image by Dieter Ebert, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Why do predators ...

Credit: Courtesy of the University of Montana MISSOULA - Every social network has its fake news. And in animal communication ...

Wing interacts with currents to hold seed in place for rootingCredit: © A. Rossen. Seagrasses have long been known as ...

Credit: Rebecca Gourley/University of Washington Hydropower dams, which use flowing water to turn a series of turbines to generate electricity, ...

Agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations across the ancient ...

Credit: Eric Teitelbaum Standard comfort measurements used to design buildings' heating and cooling systems share a common flaw, according to ...

Marine experts including a SoMAS scientist appeal to policy makers in a letter in ScienceCredit: Austin Gallagher STONY BROOK, February ...

Researchers at Ohio University, Ugandan scientists caution that humans place gorillas at risk of disease transmissionCredit: Nancy J. Stevens ATHENS, ...

Credit: Robert Andrus Two words, and a tiny little creature, strike fear in the hearts of many Colorado outdoor enthusiasts: ...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan State University- and University of Maryland-led study featured on the ...