Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Kalle Tunström Butterflies have long captured our attention due to their amazing color diversity. But why are they so ...

Credit: University of Guam Research at the University of Guam has shown that the decomposition of leaf litter from three ...

Credit: Doug Peterson One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over ...

Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been ...

Credit: Vitek Jirinec, LSU Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the ...

Rice, UNAM team's four new wasp species are the 'tip of the iceberg'Credit: Photo by Scott Egan/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

Research group of Jena University and iDiv uses novel research method to study effect of insect decline on plant biodiversityCredit: ...

A first assessment of the effects of land management on the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem servicesCredit: Pete ...

Credit: Anna Barnes Plant biology researchers at the University of Illinois and computer scientists at the University of California Irvine ...

Findings showed coral has core immune response regardless of disease typeCredit: Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International MIAMI--As the world enters ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on ...

Credit: Photo by Dulcinea Groff Orono, Maine -- The Falkland Islands are a South Atlantic refuge for some of the ...

Seabird poop transformed an entire ecosystem, reveals an examination of a 14,000-year peat record in the Falkland Islands, raising questions ...

UC biologist is studying water quality downstream of sewage treatment plantsCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Water tainted with even a small ...

Project using roundworms uncovers a mechanism that leads to male infertility caused by high temperaturesCredit: Image by Nicole Kurhanewicz EUGENE, ...

A study quantified the size and age of the forests that grow naturally in degraded and abandoned areas, creating 131 ...

Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populationsCredit: Vaquita CPR The critically endangered vaquita ...

Wheeler Scholarship will help scientists develop non-animal test methodsCredit: PETA Washington -- For preventing countless animals from being used in ...

Credit: Illustration by Amy Koehler Poop is full of secrets. For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets ...

Study highlights need for more robust hazard forecasting systemsCredit: Susan Cannon/USGS Wildfires don't stop being dangerous after the flames go ...