Tag: Ecology/Environment

New research shows how some seabirds have evolved the ability to 'fly' at speed through two very different environmentsCredit: Daniel ...

Microscope allows gentle, continuous imaging of light-sensitive corals

Credit: Loretta Roberson WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Corals are "part animal, part plant, and part rock - and difficult to ...

SwRI’s SLED-W algorithms detect crude oil on water

Machine vision research to expand from laboratory to field studies near oil production, distribution regionsCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO ...

New winter squash decline research paves the way for understanding the disease

Credit: Hannah Rivedal Winter squash is an important crop grown in the Willamette Valley, and the most important processing cultivar, ...

Microplastic pollution accumulates heavily in coastal areas such as fjords and estuaries

Credit: Peter T. Harris, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111398 Microplastic pollution in marine environments is concentrated most highly in coastal habitats, especially fjords and ...

Wild bees depend on the landscape structure

Research team led by University of Göttingen investigates flower strips, organic farming and small crop fieldsCredit: Bettina Donkó Sowing strips ...

Research reveals fishing pressures affect tropical and temperate reefs differentl

Credit: Elizabeth Madin, University of Hawai'i In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers ...

Researchers look for answers as to why western bumblebees are declining

Credit: Christy Bell A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the ...

Bleaching affects aquarium corals, too

Credit: Ciemon Caballes. A new study illustrates the potential impact of recurrent heatwaves on coral species collected by the Australian ...

Computing collaboration reveals global ripple effect of shifting monsoons

Credit: Moetasim Ashfaq and Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak ...

New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert

Credit: Picture: Peter Schouten The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial - Mukupirna nambensis - that was unearthed ...

Pantera leo’s family tree takes shape

Genetic studies can help with conservation plansCredit: Photo: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have ...

Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem

University of Tsukuba research reveals a nest of exceptionally small non-avian theropod egg fossils in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, providing a ...

Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia

Ecology experts connect species to Asia, AntarcticaCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia ...

No leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos

Three species thrived until inland lakes driedCredit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that ...

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over for migrating sturgeon, striped bass

Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Mike O'Brien SOLOMONS, MD (June 23, 2020)--For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the ...

Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey

The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continuesCredit: Jim Occi/Rutgers University-New Brunswick There's some good news in New ...

Climate extremes will cause forest changes

Credit: (Photos: Ansgar Kahmen / University of Basel) Until now, 2003 was considered as the driest and hottest year since ...

Bugs resort to several colours to protect themselves from predators

Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why?Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first ...

Carbon cycling in wet soils