Tag: Ecology/Environment

March 6, 2020

Credit: Nick Royle Older parents are less flexible when it comes to raising their offspring, according to a new study ...

Satellite data boosts understanding of climate change’s effects on kelp

Credit: Image provided by Sara Hamilton, OSU College of Science. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tapping into 35 years of satellite imagery, ...

Scientists say it is time to save the red sea’s coral reef

Credit: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg The news in brief: 1) Red Sea corals and especially corals of the Gulf of Aqaba in ...

Pesticides increase the risk of schistosomiasis, a tropical disease

UFZ researchers have proven that polluted freshwater bodies favour the intermediate host of the pathogenCredit: @UFZ Schistosomiasis is a severe ...

Scientists create model to predict multipathogen epidemics

Zooplankton study shows within-host pathogen interactions can predict epidemic severityCredit: University of Michigan HOUSTON -- (March 5, 2020) -- Diseases ...

City fox and country fox

Genetics reveal behavioural and physical barriers between urban and rural red foxes in and around BerlinCredit: Jon Andoni Juarez Garcia ...

Balancing bushmeat trade and conservation vital to ensure livelihoods not threatened

Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to ...

The health of coral reefs in the largest marine protected area in the world

Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition release their assessment of the health and resiliency of coral reefs in the Cook ...

Deep-sea fish community structure strongly affected by oxygen and temperature

Research on deep-sea fish density and diversity in the Gulf of California has implications for climate changeCredit: Photo provided by ...

What we don’t know (about lakes) could hurt us

As extreme weather increases, scientists from 20 countries warn of risk to lakes and water qualityCredit: Samuel Nanchen As the ...

New book tells of early Antarctic explorations, continent’s connection to climate

A new book illustrates the environmental history of Antarctica through stories of 19th-century expeditions.Credit: Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ...

Flower faithful native bee makes a reliable pollinator

Just like us, the humble sweat bee has a daily routineCredit: Jacob Cecala Entomologists at UC Riverside have documented that ...

Almost alien: Antarctic subglacial lakes are cold, dark and full of secrets

Credit: JT Thomas More than half of the planet's fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen ...

Destruction of an Atlantic rain forest fragment raises the local temperature