Tag: Ecology/Environment

May 6, 2019

Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an ...

Banana disease boosted by climate change

May 6, 2019

Credit: Dan Bebber Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows. ...

Cooperation among fishers can improve fish stock in coral reefs

Credit: Tim McClanahan, Wildlife Conservation Society Cooperation within a group of people is key to many successful endeavors, including scientific ...

Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars

MADISON, Wis. -- Developing renewable, plant-based alternatives for petroleum-derived chemicals is a major piece of the effort to transition away ...

Research shows cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

Credit: Douglas Kamaru Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices ...

UW Oshkosh to host International Symposium on Society and Resource Management June 2-7, 2019

ISSRM to celebrate 70th anniversary of 'A Sand County Almanac' by Aldo Leopold The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will host ...

Study demonstrates seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion

Ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy and could help protect vulnerable shorelines CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most people's experience with seagrass, ...

Breaking bread with rivals leads to more fish on coral reefs

Cooperation is key to most successful endeavours. And, scientists find, when fishermen and women cooperate with other fishers, this can ...

New study tracks perils of water polo head injuries

Certain players endure far more trauma, UCI researchers say Irvine, Calif., May 2, 2019 - Water polo athletes take note: ...

Fifteen years of mosquito data implicate species most likely to transmit West Nile virus in Iowa

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A recently published study from Iowa State University medical entomologists found ...

ESA tipsheet for May 6, 2019

Upcoming research in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Thursday, 2 May 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Zoe Gentes, 202-833-8773 ...

Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study finds

Credit: Christina Aragon | Portland State University Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend ...

Localized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, study suggests

Credit: Photo provided by Becca Maher, OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A National Science Foundation study of factors that cause corals ...

Invasive beavers: Bad for the climate

Credit: Cristian Samper/WCS Scientists documented the effects of invasive North American beavers (Castor canadensis) on carbon sequestration of a riparian ...

This hawk likes crab for dinner

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) feed primarily on mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates, the majority of which ...

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Credit: Noelle Held/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Arsenic is a deadly poison for most living things, but new research shows that ...

Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk

CORVALLIS, Ore. - New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as ...

Building better life support systems for future space travel

A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a ...

Seeking better detection for chronic malaria

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett In people with chronic malaria, certain metabolic systems in the blood change to support a ...

For giant pandas, bamboo is vegetarian ‘meat’