Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Virginia Tech Wetlands in the Intermountain West, a region nestled between the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, and the ...

Harvesting of male fish near Marine Protected Areas affects sex-changing species differently from fixed-sex speciesCredit: Photo courtesy of Scott Hamilton. ...

New study assessed 20K terrestrial species finding that 85 percent are now exposed to intense human pressureCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS ...

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Credit: Ricardo Neves Global warming, a major aspect of climate change, is already causing a wide range of negative impacts ...

Credit: © NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team Intense winds blowing from Africa through a mountainous gap ...

Credit: David Barnes @BAS A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over ...

Credit: Argelis Ruíz Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs laid in Bocas del Toro nesting beaches in the Panamanian Caribbean may ...

The NMMF has just released its most recent advancement in dolphin medicine -- an ultrasound technique for pregnant dolphins that ...

Understanding of Quaternary land connections and knowledge of historic collection gaps were crucial in identifying remote regions likely to harbor ...

Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount ...

Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel these pests, which cause more than ...

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at riskCredit: Andrew Shantz, Penn State Selective fishing can disrupt ...

Researchers find a cause of high arsenic concentrations in recharged aquifers: Dissolved organic compoundsCredit: Jun Lab To replenish groundwater, many ...

Credit: University of Zurich To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most ...

Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Dagmar Frisch One of the leading threats to lakes since the ...

Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Nathan Hart, Macquarie University Vision is a crucial sense for most ...

Credit: Decai Tuo and Wentao Shen Viruses cause some of the most important plant diseases worldwide with an estimated $60 ...

Princeton researchers find that division of labor and political polarization may be driven by the same processes in ant societies.Credit: ...

New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensiveCredit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki Stanford, CA-- Corals depend ...