Tag: Ecology/Environment

Understanding predator hunting behavior and strategies is key to protecting vulnerable native speciesCredit: Grant Norbury To catch a thief, the ...

Bed bugs modify microbiome of homes they infest

Credit: Benoit Guenard Homes infested by bed bugs appear to have different bacterial communities - often referred to as microbiomes ...

Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware

Finding ends a century-long search for microbes that live on manganeseCredit: Hang Yu/Caltech Caltech microbiologists have discovered bacteria that feed ...

Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India

Abruptly ending climate intervention might backfire rapidlyCredit: Jyoti Singh Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global ...

Invasive alien species may soon cause dramatic global biodiversity loss

Experts identify future tipping point due to rapid spread of non-native plants and animalsCredit: Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS (CC BY 2.0) ...

How much fluorine is too much fluorine?

Credit: James Hanly For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our toothpaste ...

What determines a warbler’s colors?

Researchers use hybrid birds to narrow genetic region underlying difference in color between blue-winged and golden-winged warblersCredit: David Toews, Penn ...

Experts’ high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds

New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds rely on air currents, not flapping to ...

Pesticide mixtures a bigger problem than previously thought

Credit: The University of Queensland New research led by The University of Queensland has provided the first comprehensive analysis of ...

Predation by Caspian terns on young steelhead means fewer return as adults

Credit: (photo by Dan Roby OSU College of Agricultural Sciences) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Caspian terns feeding on young fish have ...

Space to grow, or grow in space — how vertical farms could be ready to take-off

Credit: LettUs Grow Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi. But there is a growing environmental ...

Lasers etch an efficient way to address global water crisis

Credit: H.M. Cao/University of Rochester Lasers etch a simple way to address global water crisis Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people ...

When calling loudly, echolocation is costly for small bats

Credit: Photo: René Janssen Calling in the ultrasonic range enables small bats to orient themselves in the dark and track ...

The colorful history of plastids

Credit: S Sibbald and J Archibald A billion years ago, a single-celled eukaryote engulfed a cyanobacterium--an organism capable of converting ...

Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance

Rice engineers show feces from gulls, ducks and crows harbor abundant resistant bacteria, resistance genesCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July ...

Well-off countries need trade to cut environmental woes

Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University International trade wins and losses don't just show up in the stock market, but ...

Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs

An international team reveals discoveries about an unusual time called the 'Carnian Pluvial Episode'Credit: Jorge Gonzalez/NHMU The Triassic Period, about ...

Biologists trace plants’ steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteria

July 9, 2020

Presence of MSH1 gene in plants offers clue for why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutateCredit: Dan Sloan/Colorado State University ...

Trust me if you can

July 9, 2020

Why stakeholders in the 'wind energy vs biological conservation' conflict have low mutual trust and how to increase itCredit: Christian ...

The restoration of forests with active rapid ‘Ohi’a death infections may be possible