Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Jim Livaudais CORVALLIS, Ore. - Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous ...

UMass Amherst study finds more diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress is a limiting factorCredit: UMass Amherst/Luiz A. ...

As a result of climate change, soil animals are getting smaller, and their numbers are falling due to intensive land ...

Effectiveness demonstrated in the Cucurbitaceae familyCredit: Kobe University Researchers have revealed that commercial pesticides can be applied to crops in ...

Rutgers study examines potential names for package labels to meet FDA rulesCredit: William Hallman/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Companies seeking to commercialize ...

Credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a direct ...

Credit: André Ferreira Humans have a hard time identifying individual birds just by looking at the patterns on their plumage. ...

Loss of cycads from natural habitats may create detrimental ripple effects for other organismsCredit: University of Guam A study published ...

Credit: Photo by Joe Giersch PULLMAN, Wash. - An endangered aquatic insect that lives in icy streams fed by glaciers ...

Some mosses in the Mojave Desert live under translucent quartz as protection from the sunCredit: Kirsten Fisher. CSU-Los Angeles Living ...

Credit: ©Science China Press Accurate regional carbon budgets are critical for informing land-based mitigation policy and tracking mitigation progress. For ...

Credit: © Serge Morand/Biological Conservation Research has shown a global increase in the emergence of infectious diseases and epidemics, an ...

Credit: Paige Muñiz ITHACA, N.Y. - One in 11 flowers carries disease-causing parasites known to contribute to bee declines, according ...

Credit: Kenneth Hayes and Norine Yeung GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding ...

A History of Pollutions in the Industrial AgeCredit: The MIT Press Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has ...

Examining the population dynamics during the larval life stage of these pestsCredit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season ...

Princeton researchers discover that multiple early developmental programs in the fly are governed by different thresholds of Ras/Erk signalingCredit: Johnson ...

Credit: DSM The optimum amount of a methane-inhibiting supplement in dairy cattle feed has been determined by an international team ...

Findings suggest that a more holistic and coordinated approach leveraging community engagement and pre-existing resources could maximize conservation impactsCredit: Edwin ...

Study first to measure neurological responses to light pollution in wildlifeCredit: Photographer Doug Gimesy Researchers are urging city-dwellers to switch ...