Light pollution has complex effects on animal vision
Credit: Jolyon Troscianko Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Seabird colony creates ‘halo’ of depleted fish stocks
Credit: Sam Weber A vast seabird colony on Ascension Island creates a "halo" in which fewer fish live, new research ...
Fossil shark scales provide a glimpse of reef predator populations before human impact
The results indicate that shark abundance in the region declined roughly three-fold since prehistoric timesCredit: ERIN DILLON, AARON O'DEA AND ...
The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers
The mysterious ocean plastic sinkCredit: CEFREM/UPVD Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular ...
Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered
Credit: Jorge Paul Orduño García. Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of ...
Cleaner air has boosted US corn and soybean yields, Stanford-led research shows
Credit: Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can ...
Better predicting how plants and animals will weather climate extremes
Leading scientists argue the need to consider biomechanicsCredit: (Tim Higham/UCR) A team of scientists has devised a more accurate way ...
Scientists resurrect ‘forgotten’ genus of algae living in marine animals
Credit: Matthew R. Nitschke UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the late 1800s, scientists were stumped by the "yellow cells" they ...
Good food in a nice setting: wild bees need diverse agricultural landscapes
Research team investigates influence of different mass-flowering crops on pollinatorsCredit: N Beyer Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba ...
Scientists risk overestimating numbers of wild bonobos
Study warns that changing climate in the Congo Basin is impacting assessment of the endangered apesCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ ...
Striking a balance: Trade-offs shape flower diversity
An international research team led by a researcher from the University of Tsukuba proposes that catering to different visitors has ...
Conservation concern as alien aphid detected on Kangaroo Island
Credit: S. Kakko and S. Petit An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island ...
Why are some fish warm-blooded? Predatory sharks gain speed advantage
Credit: Diego Camejo (Beneath the Waves). New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until ...
A future ocean that is too warm for corals might have half as many fish species
Credit: Davide Seveso Predicting the potential effects of coral loss on fish communities globally is a fundamental task, especially considering ...
Rattlesnakes may like climate change
A new Cal Poly study finds that rattlesnakes are likely to benefit from a warming climateCredit: Hayley Crowell When it ...
New research lifts the clouds on land clearing and biodiversity loss
Credit: Tim Macuga, QUT QUT researchers have developed a new machine learning mathematical system that helps to identify and detect ...
Cross-generational consequences of lead poisoning
Credit: Hokuto Nakata Japanese and Zambian scientists have shown that environmental lead poisoning in children affects not only their own ...
A 50% rise in the level of CO2 could reduce rainfall in the Amazon more than deforestation
Simulations show that the direct impact of rising levels of carbon dioxide over the Amazon rainforest would be a reduction ...
Fruit flies lose their virginity lightly – and then become choosy
Credit: University of Groningen Mate choice is important for females, who often invest much more energy in offspring than males. ...
Study shows effectiveness of suppressing female fruit flies
Credit: Photos by Akihiko Yamamoto and Amarish Yadav, NC State University. Populations of Drosophila suzukii fruit flies - so-called "spotted-wing ...