Novel method identifies areas most suitable for conservation of black lion tamarin
The researchers used modeling to show which areas are suitable in terms of forest cover and climate for occupation by ...
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In-utero exposures associated with increased risk of thyroid cancer
Maternal health, in-utero, and perinatal exposures and risk of thyroid cancer in offspringCredit: University of Bergen A recent study by ...
Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened giant bush-crickets
Credit: Dragan Chobanov Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their prey, such ...
Risk of extinction cascades from freshwater mussels to a bitterling fish
Decline of unionid mussels heightens hybridisation of native and introduced bitterling fishCredit: Hiroki Hata (Ehime University) Bitterling fishes (Subfamily: Acheilognathinae) ...
Ecologist receives grant to study pollinator habitat in utility rights-of-way
Findings will help power companies promote ecosystem health in landscapes set aside for electric power delivery linesCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona ...
Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers
Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at ...
Better learners in collared flycatchers are more likely to imitate competitors
Effect of faster learning was only found in femalesCredit: J. Morinay Many animal species use social information - from conspecifics ...
Ancient DNA sheds light on the peopling of the Mariana Islands
Researchers find that present-day Mariana Islanders' ancestry is linked to the PhilippinesCredit: Hsiao-chun Hung To reach the Mariana Islands in ...
Ivory Coast creates first marine protected area
Credit: CEM Ivory Coast has announced the creation of its first Marine Protected Area (MPA). The MPA will cover 2,600km2 ...
Study finds growing numbers of critically endangered sawfish in Miami waters
The findings have important implications to better protect this endangered speciesCredit: see above MIAMI--A new collaborative study lead by scientists ...
Genetic exchange discovered in anciently asexual rotifers
Credit: E.A. Mnatsakanova and O.A. Vakhrusheva/Skoltech Skoltech's evolutionary biologists discovered recombination in bdelloid rotifers, microscopic freshwater invertebrates, which have long ...
Skinnier but resilient geese thriving in the high Arctic
Long-term study shows decreasing body condition but no effect on populationCredit: Photo: Photo: Ronald Cornelisse The world is changing in ...
Satellite tracking supports whale survival
Study traces pygmy blue whale migration from Australia to IndonesiaCredit: Pixabay Extensive satellite tracking has revealed important new knowledge about ...
Fishing alters fish behaviour and features in exploited ecosystems
Results ratify the importance of marine reservoirsCredit: Olga Reñones Not all specimens of the same species are the same: there ...
Babbler bird falls into climate change trap
Credit: Niall Stopford Animals can fall into an "ecological trap" by altering their behaviour in the "wrong direction" in response ...
Fan mussel larval dispersal for the future of an endangered species
Science to protect an emblematic species in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting (UB-IRBio) Fan mussel populations -the biggest bivalve mussel in ...
Can sting rays and electric rays help us map the ocean floor?
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have completed a feasibility study indicating ...
Risks of invasive and alien predator species for health and ecology
The research project 'ZOWIAC' by Goethe University and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research will be funded with three fourths ...
Study proves bits of DNA in seawater correlate to the weight of netted fish
New tool will help census oceans, monitor fish, track shifting marine life; "eDNA makes the ocean a sea of biological ...
German researchers compile world’s largest inventory of known plant species
Catalogue vastly expands global knowledge of plant diversityCredit: Swen Reichhold Leipzig could mean for the future of plant taxonomy what ...