Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Brooke Bissinger Grown around the world, sweet potatoes are an important source of nutrition particularly in sub-Saharan African and ...

Credit: Tobias Fremout (KU Leuven) A new tool maps the threats to the tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador. ...

University of Guelph researchers used advanced cloning techniques to give the threatened Hill's thistle a fighting chance.Credit: University of Guelph ...

Credit: Moises Bernal 2020 Reef fish species uniquely respond to climate change, with some more vulnerable than others. Five Great ...

Credit: B.D. Patterson, Field Museum Bats play a huge but poorly understood role in humans' lives--they pollinate our crops, eat ...

Credit: Yolanda Oberhofer To combat weeds, farmers use a variety of tools and methods. By understanding the strengths and downfalls ...

Credit: University of Córdoba Charisma can launch professional success and improve leadership skills. It can make a difference in a ...

Credit: Aamod Zambre and Chintan Seth, Eaglenest Biodiversity Project A new green pit viper species of the genus Trimeresurus was ...

Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory; what is particularly exciting: The mechanism ...

Animal chemical signals shift after only four generationsCredit: Colin Donihue Relocated in small groups to experimental islands, lizards rapidly and ...

Credit: © Renaud Jaunatre/IMBE/CNRS In nature, certain species are able to regulate the cycling of soil nutrients and vegetation diversity ...

Landmark 10 article collection clarifies oak evolutionCredit: New Phytologist Lisle, Ill. (April 20) - A year and a half following ...

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett When your tomato plants won't bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team ...

Geolocators give new insights into nesting behaviourCredit: Jan van de Kam To find out more about birds such as the ...

Credit: OIST To look at how life evolved, scientists usually turn to the fossil record, but this record is often ...

Antifungals, antibiotics and other drugs were found in water in urban and rural areas, raising concerns about the spread of ...

Machine learning methods provide detailed information on crop typesCredit: ©UFZ Having detailed land cover information is important for a better ...

Paper reviews major findings, technological advances that could help in next deep-sea spill.Credit: (Photo by Cabell Davis, © Woods Hole ...

Gypsy moth larvae love poplar leaves infected by fungiCredit: Franziska Eberl, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Black poplar leaves ...

Credit: Terry L. Erwin For 157 years, scientists have wished they could understand the evolutionary relationships of a curious South ...