Tag: Ecology/Environment

April 13, 2021

Study shows multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer

April 13, 2021

Credit: Joe Riis A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer ...

Megafauna extinction mystery – size isn’t everything

April 13, 2021

Credit: Illustration by Gabriel Ugueto Ancient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across ...

Plastic planet: Tracking pervasive microplastics across the globe

Credit: Janice Brahney/S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University. Really big systems, like ocean ...

Leader in global nitrogen cycle research Eric Davidson named Jefferson Science Fellow

Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science CAMBRIDGE, MD (April 12, 2021)--University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Professor ...

Bottom-up is the way forward for nitrogen reduction at institutions

Credit: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nitrogen is an element basic for life -- plants need it, animals ...

Poop core records 4,300 years of bat diet and environment

An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica's climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guanoCredit: Sherri and Brock Fenton ...

Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. ...

Chemists at St. Petersburg University create renewable plant-based polymers

What makes them different is that they can be easily recycledCredit: SPbU Researchers at the Laboratory of Cluster Catalysis at ...

Volcanic pollution return linked to jump in respiratory disease cases

Credit: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland's largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has found. ...

Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations

Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can ...

Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction

Credit: Julius Csotonyi April12, 2021 - Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the ...

Could Mario Kart teach us how to reduce world poverty and improve sustainability?

BU environmental expert says the Nintendo racing game has important lessons for social and economic programs that could benefit the ...

New Forest Service assessment delivers research on invasive species

Credit: USDA Forest Service MADISON, WI, April 8, 2021 - USDA Forest Service scientists have delivered a new comprehensive assessment ...

Regional habitat differences identified for threatened piping plovers on Atlantic coast

Findings can help enhance shorebird species' protection, recoveryCredit: Credit: Susan Haig, USGS Piping plovers, charismatic shorebirds that nest and feed ...

UBCO researchers find a new use for waste

Pulp mill waste hits the road instead of the landfillCredit: UBCO Waste materials from the pulp and paper industry have ...

Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons

Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory ...

Where Siberian orchids thrive: New hotspot of orchids discovered near Novosibirsk

Credit: Alexander Dubynin Orchids of the Boreal zone are rare species. Most of the 28,000 species of the Orchid family ...

Fostered flamingos just as friendly

Credit: Paul Rose Flamingo chicks raised by foster parents from another flamingo species develop normally, scientists say. Six Chilean flamingo ...

Weather radar for ecological forecasting can lessen hazards for migratory birds