Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Meike Vogt und Jorge Martinez-Rey / ETH Zurich With some 10,000 to 20,000 different species in the world's oceans, ...

Chimpanzees at the crossroads: adapt to living outside protected areas

Research carried out into the impact of changes to chimpanzee habitats found they have adapted to human developments -- including ...

New approach for determining conservation threat for species with little data

University of British Columbia researchers have found a new way to identify which marine species are threatened and what is ...

Civil War plant medicines blast drug-resistant bacteria in lab tests

Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockadeCredit: Photo by Stephen Nowland, Emory University During the height of ...

What makes a place a home?

New research reveals that ecological factors influences the distribution of lionfish on deep reefsCredit: Alex Chequer Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans ...

Extreme draining of reservoir aids young salmon and eliminates invasive fish

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study finds that the low-cost, extreme draining of a reservoir in Oregon aided downstream migration ...

Ammonium fertilized early life on earth

A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have ...

UC studies links between air pollution and childhood anxiety

Researchers at UC and Cincinnati Children's investigate traffic-related air pollution and symptoms of childhood anxiety, through neuroimaging Exposure to air ...

First report of powdery mildew on phasey bean in Florida could spell trouble for papaya

St. Paul, MN (May 2019)--Phasey bean, also known as wild bush bean, is an invasive species native to the tropical ...

Statistical model could predict future disease outbreaks

Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - Several University of Georgia researchers teamed up to create a statistical method that may allow ...

The cultural significance of carbon-storing peatlands to rural communities

A group of UK and Peruvian researchers have carried out the first detailed study of how rural communities interact with ...

Toward zero hunger: More food or a smarter food system?

ANN ARBOR--When thinking about ways to end global hunger, many scholars focus too narrowly on increasing crop yields while overlooking ...

Penguins and their chicks’ responses to local fish numbers informs marine conservation

Credit: R. B. Sherley How adult penguins fish and the body condition of their chicks are directly linked to local ...

Rocky mountain spotted fever risks examined

May 20, 2019

First comprehensive study in Mexicali, MX looks at disease spreadCredit: Janet Foley/UC Davis In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of ...

Giving rural Indians what they want increases demand for cookstoves