Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Amy Duke As fishes go, the Chesapeake logperch is hardly impressive. The yellow- to olive-colored member of the darter ...

Early life stress plus overexpressed FKBP5 protein increases anxiety behavior

A new preclinical study adds to mounting evidence about the interplay between genetics and environment in mental healthCredit: USF Health ...

First study of world’s largest marine stingray reveals long-distance migration

Scientists use images and videos submitted by tourists to track rare species in AfricaCredit: (c) Andrea Marshall, Marine Megafauna Foundation ...

Tube anemone has the largest animal mitochondrial genome ever sequenced

Discovery by Brazilian and US researchers could change the classification of two species, which appear more akin to jellyfish than ...

New to science New Zealand moths link mythological deities to James Cameron’s films

Credit: Birgit Rhode In an unexpected discovery from the South Island (New Zealand), two species of narrowly distributed macro-moths were ...

Beewolves use a gas to preserve food

European beewolf eggs produce nitric oxide which prevents the larvae's food from getting moldyCredit: Gudrun Herzner Food stored in warm ...

EWG: Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year

Groundbreaking peer-reviewed study analyzes health and economic impacts of widespread chemical contamination from agriculture WASHINGTON - Nitrate pollution of U.S. ...

Fracking causes some songbirds to thrive while others decline

A new paper in The Condor: Ornithological Applications, published by Oxford University Press, finds that some songbird species benefit from ...

Skinny cod and grey seal reveals troubling changes to food web in the Baltic Sea

Credit: Olle Karlsson "It is important that you understand how the food web works when managing a fishery. It is ...

WVU researchers thirsty for reducing fresh water use by power plants

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Water is the essence of life. And electricity. Power plants across the country utilize more ...

A new picture of dengue’s growing threat

More than 6 billion people at risk by 2080 SEATTLE--Research published today in Nature Microbiology paints a startling new picture ...

Mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice explained by years of robotic data

Credit: Dan Costa/University of California, Santa Cruz The winter ice on the surface of Antarctica's Weddell Sea occasionally forms an ...

2019 ‘dead zone’ may be the second largest on record

A recent forecast of the size of the "Dead Zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico for late July 2019 ...

57% of the plastic waste on the Tarragona coast is clothing fibers from washing machines

Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili research group Tecnatox have analyzed the pollution of the sea, the marine sediment ...

What’s your poison? Scrupulous scorpions tailor venom to target

Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize the costs of venom use Replenishing venom takes time and ...

Sediment from fishing choking out sea sponges, study shows

June 7, 2019

New research shows sediment stirred up by human activity is clogging glass sea sponges on Canada's west coastCredit: John Ulan ...

Rapid retreat of Arctic coastline revealed in images from the air

June 7, 2019

Credit: Noah Bell Extreme erosion of Arctic coastlines in a changing climate - up to a metre a day - ...

One-two-punch catalysts trapping CO2 for cleaner fuels

June 7, 2019

Credit: ©DGIST Copper and platinum nanoparticles added to the surface of a blue titania photocatalyst significantly improve its ability to ...

Understanding Amazonia’s mysterious ocelots

June 6, 2019

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Researchers conducted a 12-year study from 2010 to 2017 on ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian ...

Bird personalities influenced by both age and experience, study shows