Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences offspring health
Credit: Daniel Hargrove The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Epicentre of major Amazon droughts and fires saw 2.5 billion trees and vines killed
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of ...
Team awarded $2M by NSF to teach virtual explorers about permafrost, Arctic climate change
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University Scientists at Northern Arizona University, Arizona State ...
DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never ...
Bats in Tel Aviv enjoy the rich variety and abundance of food the city has to offer
Just like humans:Credit: S. Greif. A new Tel Aviv University study found that, like humans, bats living in Tel Aviv ...
Remote sensing techniques help treat and manage hollow forests
Oak tree decline detected by advanced remote sensing techniquesCredit: Swansea University. Using advanced remote sensing techniques can help the early ...
uOttawa study first to investigate newly introduced butterfly which could become widespread in Canada
Credit: Stephanie A. Rivest This summer, if you see a butterfly with wings that are blue on top with orange ...
How a butterfly tree becomes a web
Credit: Image by Krzysztof Kozak and Jorge Aleman. Photo credits: Luca Livraghi, Michel Cast. Evolution is often portrayed as a ...
Individual protected areas in Amazonia differ greatly in how effectively they help to fight deforestation and carbon emissions
Credit: Teemu Koskimäki et al. While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how ...
Bats are kings of small talk in the air
Echoes contain redundant information to help with high-speed navigationCredit: Michael Miller Bat conversations might be light on substance, according to ...
Complexity yields simplicity: The shifting dynamics of temperate marine ecosystems
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean warming and acidification are shifting temperate coastal reefs to simple turf-dominated ...
Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased risk of contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nev.Credit: ...
Nearly 20 percent of intact forest landscapes overlap with extractive industries
Intact Forest Landscapes are critical for conserving biodiversity and fighting climate changeCredit: Julie Larson Maher/WCS Byron Bay (16/7/2021) - A ...
When fawns perceive constant danger from many sources, they almost seem to relax
Researchers use trail cameras to study animals' interaction, behavior in human-dominated landscapesCredit: Asia Murphy/Penn State Burnout. It is a syndrome ...
How spiders distinguish living from non-living using motion-based visual cues
Ability to identify other animals from relative positioning of the joints not unique to vertebratesCredit: Sam Droege, USGS Bee Inventory ...
“Get out of the water!” Monster shark movies massacre shark conservation
Credit: Unsplash Undeniably the shark movie to end all shark movies, the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws, not only smashed box office ...
Wolf pups born on Isle Royale, moose poised for decline
Credit: Michigan Tech The COVID-19 pandemic halted the in-person wintertime survey of wolves and moose on the island for the ...
Removing the lead hazard from perovskite solar cells
Credit: Endre Horváth (EPFL) "The solar energy-to-electricity conversion of perovskite solar cells is unbelievably high, around 25%, which is now ...
Have you ever wondered how many species have inhabited the earth?
Credit: Syracuse University Professors in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences explored whether or not the scientific community will ...
Detecting wildlife illness and death with new early alert system
Network of wildlife rehabilitation organizations helps track emerging threatsCredit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis From domoic acid poisoning in seabirds to canine ...