Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of ...

Specimens on lower Missouri living 3x shorter, producing 10x fewer eggs than upriver counterpartsCredit: Photo: Sam Stukel, U.S. Fish and ...

Credit: Thi Nguyet Minh Dao and Svetlana Y. Folimonova. One of the top four crops grown worldwide, soybean has been ...

An expert in polar climate says drilling data over millions of years help show the futureCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. ...

Are those relying on private well water potentially at greater risk?Credit: (Samantha Ying/UCR) Manganese isn't considered a major water contaminant ...

Gene product catalyzes the production of glycerol, helping algae to survive in an extreme environmentCredit: Rachael Morgan-Kiss Glycerol, used in ...

Credit: Adam Toomes Unsustainable trade of species is a major pathway for the introduction of invasive alien species at distant ...

Reproductive function of female butterflies burdens their capabilities for long-distance flight, which may affect populations in a changing, uncertain worldCredit: ...

Rutgers study suggests pollutant's toxicity could be decreasedCredit: Donna E. Fennell Bacteria that can help defuse highly toxic dioxin in ...

A comprehensive study of four salmon species across all regions of Alaska finds salmon are returning to rivers smaller and ...

Credit: Michael Stifter When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch and change the "color" of ...

In NSF-funded community-wide assessment of data collected from sites around Colorado's Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, bee emergence is advancing with ...

Shipwreck harbors a rich spatially structured microbial communityCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs and provide ...

Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife ...

Some species work together to maximise their fitness at suboptimal temperatures in the presence of competitors, making them especially vulnerable ...

A rare look at how genomic divergence can lead to behavioral divergence in a vertebrateCredit: Photo by Jennifer Merritt A ...

Credit: Leon Weaver Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa's Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have just ...

Credit: Eric Lonsdorf / Many farmers are used to sharing big equipment--like tractors and other costly machinery -- with neighboring ...

Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to fellow swans than other birds, new research shows. The study examined three swan ...

Credit: University of Kansas Marketing Communications LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- In a new study, Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor and colleagues ...