Tag: Ecology/Environment

Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, ...

Credit: Thatsanee Luangharn A species of globally recognised medicinal mushroom was recorded for the first time in Thailand. Commonly referred ...

Credit: Eric von Elert Water fleas - or Daphnia - ensure their survival by reacting to a signal substance of ...

Credit: Marco Prosch An international team led by IGB is providing one of the first proofs of the complex learning ...

BioOne honors five early career authors who best communicate the importance and impact of their specialized research to the public. ...

May 7, 2019 -- Drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic may lead to thickening of the heart's main pumping ...

New study shows wild boar can be immunized against the most significant worldwide threat to the swine industry by a ...

Credit: Kobe University Scientists have discovered how two closely-related species of Asiatic dayflower can coexist in the wild despite their ...

Although climate skeptics might find it hard to believe with this year's endless snow and freezing temperatures, climate change is ...

Credit: URI Photo KINGSTON, R.I., - May 6, 2019 - The University of Rhode Island will lead a new $94 ...

In the ongoing effort to decarbonize U.S. energy production, there is one energy source that often attracts great controversy. Nuclear ...

Artificial reefs are preferred habitat for tropical fish searching for favorable habitatCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute DURHAM, N.C. -- ...

Credit: University of Montana YELLOW BAY - Flathead Lake Biological Station Director and Bierman Professor of Ecology Jim Elser has ...

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases their parents' concerns about ...

Frogs already knew it wasn't easy being green, but the going just got a lot tougher for the 1,012 additional ...

Credit: Alex Thornton Flocks of birds may appear to move with a single mind, but new research shows jackdaws stick ...

The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, ...

Scientists from Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of ...

UToledo research identifies another potential -- and renewable -- tool to fight harmful algal bloomsCredit: Dan Miller / The University ...

New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria ...