Tag: Ecology/Environment

As ecosystem engineers, forest elephants' dining habits are climate-friendlyCredit: Stephen Blake, Ph.D. ST. LOUIS - One of the last remaining ...

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop, ...

Study outlines emission scenarios for shale gas production in Europe Natural gas releases fewer harmful air pollutants and greenhouse gases ...

Tropical rainforests store large quantities of carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and provide habitats for many animal and plant species. If ...

At today's rate, it could take another two millennia for science to document all currently existing species of multicellular lifeCredit: ...

UMass Amherst ecologist, team will study reproductive and migration patternsCredit: NOAA Fisheries USFWS Permit #: TE-72088A-2 AMHERST, Mass. - The National ...

Credit: Sandra Kehrberger Higher mean temperatures as associated with climate change can have a severe impact on plants and animals ...

Credit: Silvia Olmastroni, University of Siena Scientists have completed the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony ...

Introduced tree species are exempt from the constraints that soil pathogens impose on native trees, aiding their ability to spread ...

University partners with four institutions as part of National Science Foundation Big Idea program to study coral reef evolution, adaptationCredit: ...

Researchers at the University of Turku found that the presence of a maternal sister was positively and significantly associated with ...

Credit: Scott Carver New research from the University of Tasmania is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian ...

Credit: D. André Green ANN ARBOR--The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall ...

Rutgers-led team's protein patterns look like flowers, trees, snowflakesCredit: Nancy Hernandez, William Hansen and Slava Manichev Scientists can turn proteins ...