Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Conflicts between humans and wildlife are escalating worldwide due to human population growth, urbanization, growth of ...

Bronx river turtles get a check-up

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS A team of scientists and veterinarians gave a health evaluation of turtles living in the Bronx ...

It’s hard to be a nomad in Mongolia

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Scientists tracked 22 Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) over the vast grasslands of Mongolia for a 1-3 ...

Spider venom is a dangerous cocktail

Credit: © Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern Over the past decades, the research of spider venom mainly ...

Bottom sediment reveals that the climate change flows into lakes

Increasing amounts of dark coloured carbon compounds that originate from the catchment area flow into the Arctic and northern lakes.Credit: ...

The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities

Plants play an important role for most indigenous communities in South America, and not merely as a source of food. ...

Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and ...

Defining Hurricane Michael’s impact on St. Joe Bay, Florida

Hurricane Michael tore a path through Panama City, Mexico Beach, and Port St. Joe, Florida in October 2018. The storm ...

New scat study provides clues to puzzling existence of Humboldt martens in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

CORVALLIS, Ore. - With a new scat study, researchers are chipping away at solving a biological mystery on the central ...

Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake, the largest body of freshwater in Alaska ...

Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs

Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output ...

Himalayan climate study to preserve oral histories as out-migration begins

Andrew Carnegie Fellowship provides funds for 'Climate Witness: Voices from Ladakh' projectCredit: Tatyana Bakhmetyeva/University of Rochester "On August 5, 2010, ...

The sicker the better

Parasites help beetle hosts function more effectivelyCredit: Andy K. Davis Athens, Ga. - A common woodland beetle that plays an ...

Narwhals have endured a million years with low genetic diversity, and they’re thriving

Credit: Binia De Cahsan Danish researchers have sequenced the genome of a narwhal, the Arctic whale famous for the horn-like ...

Australian blue tongue lizard ancestor was round-in-the-tooth

Credit: Kailah Thorn, Flinders University Reconstruction of the most complete fossil lizard found in Australia, a 15 million year old ...

Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals

Credit: Meng Chen A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three ...

Palm oil’s potential to alleviate poverty depends on where it’s grown

Expansion of oil palm production in remote forest areas requires careful planning and evaluation if the communities are to benefit, ...

The hunger gaps: How flowering times affect farmland bees

Seasonal gaps in the supply of nectar from wildflowers could be leaving bees hungry at times when food is needed ...

Biologists warn of peril from biological invasions as White House cuts funding

April 30, 2019

As the Trump Administration prepares to cut in half the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of ...

The global guide to beach garbage