Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Rob Brooks/Penn State Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of ...

Future climate changes in nature reserves

Bayreuth research: Tropical nature reserves to be particularly affectedCredit: Photo: Samuel Hoffmann. The Earth's nature reserves are the basis for ...

Tweaks to land-based conservation efforts would pay huge freshwater ecosystem dividends

Credit: Rede Amazo?nia Sustanta?vel (6) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Conservation projects aimed at protecting land-dwelling species could net major gains in ...

A factor limiting recovery from bleaching in corals

Credit: NIBB Increases in seawater temperature can cause coral bleaching through the loss of symbiotic algae. Corals can recover from ...

Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels

Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA ...

Invasion by non-native insects expected to increase 36 percent worldwide by 2050

Europe in line for greatest biological invasion, followed by Asia and the AmericasCredit: Leah Bauer, USDA Forest Service Research by ...

Bright light bars big-eyed birds from human-altered landscapes

Credit: Ian Ausprey/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures ...

Researchers hear more crickets and katydids ‘singing in the suburbs’

Credit: D.J. McNeil, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract ...

Venom glands similar to those of snakes are found for first time in amphibians

Brazilian researchers discover that caecilians, limbless amphibians resembling worms or snakes that emerged some 150 million years before the latter, ...

Conservation planning in Amazon should prioritize aquatic biodiversity, study concludes

Simulations using field data suggest focusing on the protection of species that live in rivers and lakes can be more ...

Pattern in whale songs predicts migration

Credit: Jeremy Goldbogen The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a ...

Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evidence of evolutionary rescue in the wild

Credit: Katharine Clayton, University of Plymouth A tiny flatworm found commonly on the coasts of western Europe and North America ...

Alien species to increase by 36% worldwide by 2050

Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL The number of alien (non-native) species, particularly insects, arthropods and birds, is expected to increase ...

The development of climate security discourse in Japan

Why are there no discourse in Japan on climate security? Is Japan failing to notice significant risks of climate change?Credit: ...

Can organic plant protection products damage crops?

September 30, 2020

Researchers at Göttingen University discover new disease affecting maizeCredit: A Pfordt, University of Göttingen Protecting crops against pests and diseases ...

Hand pollination, not agrochemicals, increases cocoa yield and farmer income