Study: How a large cat deity helps people to share space with leopards in India
The story of the Warli and the WaghobaCredit: Ramya Nair BENGALURU, India (July 8, 2021) - A new study led ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Mapping biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region
The region includes two Global Biodiversity Hotspots; the project will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystemsCredit: Credit: ...
Coastal wetlands are nature’s flood defences
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How fishing communities are responding to climate change
Wellesley professor examines how fishers are adapting to climate-related changes in species distribution and locationCredit: Courtesy of Eva Papaioannou What ...
Zoo amphibians were on display while humans were locked away
Credit: Jack Boultwood from WWT While the UK was in lockdown, certain species of captive amphibians became more visible, a ...
Creating a lab mangrove helps to identify new bacteria
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith A pioneering cultivation strategy that recreates a mangrove environment in the lab has enabled ...
To predict underwater volcano eruptions, scientist looks at images from space
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Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
Credit: Manuel Will The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly ...
How plants compensate symbiotic microbes
Credit: Courtesy of the Peay Lab/Brian Steidinger "Equal pay for equal work," a motto touted by many people, turns out ...
Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change
Arctic species poorly adapted for coping with rising temperatures as the Arctic continues to warmCredit: Douglas Noblet The Arctic is ...
Researchers detail the most ancient bat fossil ever discovered in Asia
Credit: Matthew Jones LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, ...
The reproductive advantages of large male fish
Bielefeld University researchers publish systematic review and meta-analysis on mosquitofishCredit: Photo: Andrew Kahn In mosquitofish, of the genus Gambusia, male ...
Methane in the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?
A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the ...
Secret to weathering climate change lies at our feet
New research on the microbiome of grass shows that the future lies with healthy bacteriaCredit: Richard Wellenberger/iStock/Getty Images Plus AMHERST, ...
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