Tag: Ecology/Environment

Survey finds even birdwatchers are not aware of bird-friendly coffee benefitsCredit: Guillermo Santos Ithaca, NY--The message about the bird-conservation benefits ...

Rice plant resists arsenic

Chinese-German research team discovers plant variant that largely neutralises the toxinCredit: Sheng-Kai Sun / Nature Communications The agricultural cultivation of ...

Energy switching decisions could widen social inequalities

Credit: Piqsels (creative commons) New energy tariffs could leave people on bad deals even worse off despite the potential benefits ...

Sniffing in the name of science

Detection dogs help generate important data for research and conservationCredit: Daniel Peter The lists of Earth's endangered animals and plants ...

Littlest shop of horrors: Hungry green algae prefer to eat bacteria alive

New study points to potential widespread phagocytosis among green algae, suggests improved methodology in environmental microbiologyCredit: N. Bock & E. ...

Coffee for the birds: connecting bird-watchers with shade-grown coffee

Credit: Virginia Tech Since 1970, bird populations in North America have declined by approximately 2.9 billion birds, a loss of ...

Rarest seal breeding site discovered

Credit: SPOT/Monk Seal Project Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species. The ...

What’s happening to the most remote coral reefs on Earth?

Scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation have published their findings on the state of coral reefs in ...

Stressed-out young oysters may grow less meat on their shells

Early exposure to heat and low oxygen makes oysters more vulnerable to same stressors later onCredit: Sarah Donelan Early exposure ...

Predicting microbial interactions in the human gut

Credit: Julia Pollack, University of Illinois. The human gut consists of a complex community of microbes that consume and secrete ...

A research group proposes six guidelines for managing the impacts of invasive species

Researchers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the UK are participating in the initiative; results are published in the journal BioScienceCredit: ...

Plants set a “bedtime” alarm to ensure their survival, new study shows.

Credit: Mike Haydon Plants have a metabolic signal that adjusts their circadian clock in the evening to ensure they store ...

Plant clock could be the key to producing more food for the world

Night time clock helps plants know when to growCredit: Getty A University of Melbourne led study has established how plants ...

Optimally promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Credit: (Photo: Fabian Boetzl) Due to modern agriculture, biodiversity across many species groups is in decline. Over the last three ...

Scientists describe ‘hidden biodiversity crisis’ as variation within species is lost

Many of the benefits people receive from nature depend on diversity within species, but this intraspecific variation is poorly understood ...

Story tips: Quantum building blocks, high-pressure diamonds, wildfire ecology and more

Credit: Ondrej Dyck, Andrew Lupini and Jacob Swett/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials - Quantum building blocks Oak Ridge National ...

Behavior of wild capuchin monkeys can be identified by marks left on their tools

Scientists who study capuchin monkeys on a nature reserve in Brazil found that stone tools are used for digging, seed ...

Global warming poses threat to food chains

Credit: University of Exeter Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, ...

Identified: A mechanism that protects plant fertility from stress

Credit: University of Warwick Spikes in temperature can affect a plant's fertility, resulting in a reduction of yield and economic ...

Tundra vegetation shows similar patterns along microclimates from Arctic to sub-Antarctic