Protecting species on the move
Credit: University of Tennessee Knoxville. As temperatures and sea levels rise as a result of climate change, flora and fauna ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Parasites manipulate praying mantis’s polarized-light perception, causing it to jump into water
Credit: Takuya Sato Researchers have revealed that praying mantis (mantids) infected with parasitic hairworms are attracted to horizontally polarized light ...
Air pollution from wildfires impacts ability to observe birds
Credit: Kari Greer/U.S. Forest Service As smoky air becomes more common during Washington's wildfire season, many wildlife enthusiasts wonder: What ...
Oregon State graduate student sheds light on better way to study reputedly secretive toad
Credit: Anne Devan-Song CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research by a graduate student in Oregon State University's College of Science has upended ...
New study sheds light on evolution of photosynthesis
Credit: Florian Raunecker New Brunswick, N.J. (June 28, 2021) - A Rutgers-led study sheds new light on the evolution of ...
Baby reef fishes swim for gold
Credit: Katie Sambrook / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. A new study has found baby coral reef ...
DNA data and modelling reveal potential spread of invasive species
Credit: Marc Rius Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that a marine invasive species - a sea squirt ...
Unusual prey: Spiders eating snakes
There are spiders that eat snakes; observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Two researchers from Basel ...
New tools for pandemic prevention research: DNA sequencing from water and leech
Credit: Andrew Tilker/Leibniz-IZW In a new scientific investigation headed by the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), ...
Impact of cocoa agroforestry on bird diversity
Smithsonian conservation research briefCredit: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Did you know chocolate comes from cocoa beans grown ...
Elephants solve problems with personality
Credit: Lisa Barrett Just as humans have their own individual personalities, new research in the Journal of Comparative Psychology shows ...
Hydrofracking environmental problems not that different from conventional drilling
Credit: Syracuse University Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country's dependence on ...
Scientists use NASA satellite data to track ocean microplastics from space
Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Trenholm / Ocean Research Project Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way ...
AI used to predict unknown links between viruses and mammals
Credit: Dr Maya Wardeh A new University of Liverpool study could help scientists mitigate the future spread of zoonotic and ...
Artificial intelligence breakthrough gives longer advance warning of ozone issues
University of Houston research team finds 'holy grail' of air quality forecastingCredit: University of Houston Ozone levels in the earth's ...
The quiet of pandemic-era lockdowns allowed some pumas to venture closer to urban areas
Tracking data show how pumas in California's Santa Cruz Mountains responded to regional shelter-in-place ordersCredit: Santa Cruz Puma Project New ...
Plant Protector: How plants strengthen their light-harvesting membranes against environmental stress
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen / Ben Engel An international study led by Helmholtz Zentrum München has revealed the structure ...
Coral offspring physiology impacted by parental exposure to intense environmental stresses
Environmental disturbances, such as bleaching events, can have lasting consequences across generations of coralsCredit: Kevin Wong Adult corals that survive ...
Cat-borne parasite Toxoplasma induces fatally bold behavior in hyena cubs
Credit: Zach Laubach Best known for its presence in house cats and a tendency to infect and alter the behaviors ...
Greater Yellowstone area expected to become warmer, drier
New report highlights climate change effects on greater Yellowstone ecosystemCredit: USGS Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic ...