Tag: Ecology/Environment

A study by the FAPESP-funded Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center shows that toxins produced by young female stingrays cause more ...

Adequately resourced protected areas currently safeguard just 4-9% of terrestrial amphibians, birds, and mammalsCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (June ...

Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute ...

A research team from the universities of Trento and Utrecht found that the rotation of the Earth influences the mixing ...

The problem of cleaning up toxic polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) pollution has been solved by a new low-cost, safe and ...

The researchers say the new sensors could help detect spoilage and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers. One in ...

Stanford study shows how hydrothermal vents fuel massive phytoplankton blooms -- and possible hotspots for carbon storage Researchers at Stanford ...

Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlifeCredit: Daniel Karp/UC Davis Privately-owned, fragmented forests in Costa Rica can support as many ...

Fever may be less effective at repelling infections in cold-blooded creaturesCredit: Michael Logan Six hundred million years ago, fever appeared ...

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life ...

Jean-Philippe Lessard calls for a common framework for analyzing the traits of 12,000+ species identified worldwide A Concordia biology professor ...

Study says pachyderm puddles are amphibian condosCredit: Steven Platt/WCS YANGON, Myanmar (June 4, 2019) - Frogs need elephants. That's what ...

Credit: Photo courtesy UW Urban Canid Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As foxes and coyotes adapt to urban landscapes, the potential ...

Credit: Julien Kimmig / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that ...

Credit: Geoffrey R. Williams The Western honeybee is the most important managed pollinator globally and has recently experienced unsustainably high ...

Credit: UNC-Chapel Hill Wildlife researchers have long tried to understand why birds fly in flocks and how different types of ...

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, help explain how the fish undertake arduous upstream migrations, ...

Credit: Michal Grabowski, University of Lodz The fear of invasive 'killer shrimps' can intimidate native organisms to such a degree ...

This phenomenon affects cloud production and rainfall, with consequences for the local and global climate, which researchers have warned about ...

Research group has found a way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuelCredit: Washington State University RICHLAND, Wash. - ...