Tag: Ecology/Environment

Most microbes are inside the apple -- but the strains depend on which bits you eat, and whether you go ...

Credit: Chad Voorhees Homeowners who rely on private wells as their drinking water source can be vulnerable to bacteria, nitrates, ...

Marine scientists to monitor the health and biodiversity of marine protected areas along the California coast They're slipping on their ...

New guidelines for helping corals adapt to changing environmentCredit: Ilsa Kuffner, US Geological Survey New guidelines drafted by a consortium ...

Credit: COASST From searching for extraterrestrial life to tracking rainfall, non-experts are increasingly helping to gather information to answer scientific ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - For the first time, researchers have used a novel genomics-based method to detect the simultaneous presence of ...

EAST LANSING, Mich -- Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the ...

A new investigation on the International Space Station represents the first study of how microbes grow on and alter planetary ...

Credit: Roanoke College At the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut accounted for a quarter of the hardwood ...

Rutgers-led study shows the impact of decades-old upstream contaminationCredit: John Reinfelder/Rutgers University-New Brunswick "Legacy" mercury pollution from decades ago and ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The anemonefish is a gender-bending marvel. It starts out as a ...

Being a fussy eater is a problem for reef fish who seek refuge from climate change on deeper reefs. But, ...

Scientists have given a fascinating new insight into the way microbes adopt a 'co-operative' approach to securing the nutrients they ...

Credit: Mr Wen-Xuan Bi A remarkable bioluminescent click beetle was discovered in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests in southwest China. ...