Tag: Ecology/Environment

According to the first research study addressing evolutionary rates of larval and adult life stages at a large scale, the ...

Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The path to global sustainability isn't a one-way street and ...

Credit: M. Pallmann SMNS / Pallmann A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the ...

Credit: The University of Queensland Biological control of insect pests - where 'natural enemies' keep pests at bay - is ...

Credit: National Park Service As global temperatures continue to rise, cities and towns not historically prone to large wildfires may ...

Boyce Thompson Institute researchers are working to create tomatoes that are protected from a devastating diseaseCredit: Greg Martin Bacterial speck ...

Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understandingCredit: Lars Behrendt You might need a ...

Credit: Ahmad M. Fakhoury Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of ...

Introduced species are reshaping how plants and animals interact in ecosystems worldwideCredit: Steve Attwood As introduced species spread around the ...

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A recently published analysis of data on tagged monarch butterflies migrating ...

Credit: Robert Goodwin, Michigan State University AUSTIN, Texas -- A team of scientists from nine universities and research facilities hope ...

Credit: Fred and Jean Hort Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate - a finding a ...

Research by University of Alberta biologists shows detrimental effects on freshwater-dwelling crustaceansCredit: Photo credit: Aaron Boyd The active ingredients found ...

Credit: Virginia Tech Each year, over 180 million tons of dust are swept up from the Sahara Desert, blown across ...

The populations of common animals are just as likely to rise or fall in number in a time of accelerating ...

Credit: Anniek Stokkermans/EMBL Your genetic code determines that you will grow two arms and two legs. The same fate is ...

Credit: Gregory Jongsma GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want ...

The discovery that a Jurassic moth lacewing mimicked a co-occurring fossil lichen to promote survival predates modern lichen-insect associations by ...

Nature conservation policy too rarely succeeds in changing people's behaviourCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ It is a well-known problem: too rarely do ...

Researchers from the University of New England and Royal Ontario Museum shed new light on long-debated topic of dinosaur weightCredit: ...