Victorian hog deer genetics revealed
Credit: La Trobe University Australian researchers looking for a genetic lifeline to endangered hog deer species endemic to Pakistan, northern ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Researchers see need for action on forest fire risk
New statistical approach: changes in forest fires in the 19th and 20th centuries were man-madeCredit: D. Bryka?a, Polish Academy of ...
Nature documentaries increasingly talk about threats to nature, but still don’t show them
Credit: Laura Thomas-Walter Researchers from Bangor University, University of Kent, Newcastle University and University of Oxford coded the scripts from ...
Scientists identify previously unknown ‘hybrid zone’ between hummingbird species
Credit: Brian Myers We usually think of a species as being reproductively isolated - that is, not mating with other ...
Hiding in plain sight
Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy impostersCredit: Jordan R. Brock/Washington University Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a ...
Palmer amaranth’s molecular secrets reveal troubling potential
Credit: Pat Tranel, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer ...
Algae and bacteria team up to increase hydrogen production
Credit: University of Córdoba In line with the fight against climate change and the search for a sustainable future, the ...
Study: We need more realistic experiments on the impact of climate change on ecosystems
Credit: © André Künzelmann / UFZ When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have ...
Reduce, reuse, recycle: The future of phosphorus
Credit: Included in photo When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really ...
Acute periodontal disease bacteria love colon and dirt microbes
Credit: Derren Ready (2012) CIL:38942, CIL. Dataset. https://doi.org/doi:10.7295/W9CIL38942 Creative Commons license True or false? Bacteria living in the same space, ...
Male Trinidad guppies find food thanks to females
Credit: Lysanne Snijders For male Trinidad Guppies applies: if you are hungry, seek female company. A recent study led by ...
Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg
Extinct palorchestid marsupials likely filled a niche no longer occupied in modern AustraliaCredit: Hazel Richards (2019) Palorchestid marsupials, an extinct ...
Trapping female mosquitoes helps curb chikungunya virus
Credit: Tyler M. Sharp (CC BY 4.0) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed an Autocidal ...
Preventing people from abandoning exotic pets that threatened biodiversity
From buying impulsively to abandoning exotic petsCredit: Amphibians and Reptiles Recovery Centre of Catalonia (CRARC), Abandoning exotic pets is an ...
Worm pheromones protect major crops
Boyce Thompson Institute researchers showed that ascaroside compounds from nematodes can protect rice, wheat, corn and soybeans from numerous pathogensCredit: ...
Lobster organs and reflexes damaged by marine seismic surveys
Credit: Rob McCauley A new study of the impact on marine life of seismic air guns, used in geological surveys ...
Elephant extinction will raise carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere
As ecosystem engineers, forest elephants' dining habits are climate-friendlyCredit: Stephen Blake, Ph.D. ST. LOUIS - One of the last remaining ...
Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding
An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop, ...
Fracking likely to result in high emissions
Study outlines emission scenarios for shale gas production in Europe Natural gas releases fewer harmful air pollutants and greenhouse gases ...
Little helpers for the rainforest
Tropical rainforests store large quantities of carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and provide habitats for many animal and plant species. If ...