Remote islands: Stepping stones to understanding evolution
Scientists combine new scientific techniques to test old theories on how evolution occurs on remote islandsCredit: OIST For millions of ...
Tag: Population Biology
Sea slugs: discovering other inhabitants in the Barcelona coasts
City catalogue of opisthobranchsCredit: Miquel Pontes, VIMAR Study Group A study on marine biodiversity has identified seventy-three species of sea ...
Butterfly genomics: Monarchs migrate and fly differently, but meet up and mate
A genome-wide comparison of eastern and western monarchsCredit: Jaap de Roode Each year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate across eastern ...
Shrinking dwarves
As a result of climate change, soil animals are getting smaller, and their numbers are falling due to intensive land ...
The big gulp: Inside-out protection of parasitic worms against host defenses
Credit: Jayhun Lee, Newmark Lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- A team of developmental biologists at the Morgridge Institute ...
Big brains and dexterous hands
Credit: Karin Isler, ZOOM Erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen People are very skilled with their hands, but take a very long time to ...
Where are arctic mosquitoes most abundant in Greenland and why?
Examining the population dynamics during the larval life stage of these pestsCredit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season ...
Shifts seen in breeding times and duration for 73 boreal bird species over 40 years
UMass Amherst ecologist, part of Finnish team, used 820,000 nesting recordsCredit: Finnish Museum of Natural History/Aleksi Lehikoinen AMHERST, Mass. - ...
A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation
A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation is essential to saving endangered species in the USACredit: Edward ...
Doctoral student awarded Fulbright to study diseases in migratory birds
Credit: Krisangel Lopez for Virginia Tech Twice a year, migratory birds in North America embark on journeys that can carry ...
Predicting the biodiversity of rivers
Credit: Florian Altermatt, University of Zurich Biodiversity is severely threatened both in Switzerland and worldwide, and numerous organisms are facing ...
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) ...
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 ...
Trust me if you can
Why stakeholders in the 'wind energy vs biological conservation' conflict have low mutual trust and how to increase itCredit: Christian ...
Bats offer clues to treating COVID-19
To combat COVID-19, we need to regulate our immune systems to resemble those of batsCredit: Getty Images photo Bats are ...
Lefties and righties: Asymmetry in fish genitalia
Credit: Jan Gerwin and Sina Rometsch Four-eyed fishes of the genus Anableps and their relatives are a fish family from ...
Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees
Credit: Photo by Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to ...
Does DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there?
Credit: Reiji Masuda River water, lake water, and seawater contain DNA belonging to organisms such as animals and plants. Ecologists ...
Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
Rabies is preventable. Inequality has kept it a threat.Credit: © Ravi Ruparel. In the US, dying from rabies is virtually ...
Sewerbot solution to billion dollar global problem
Award for solution assessing the condition of concrete sewer pipesCredit: UTS They National Research Innovation Award (sponsored by Water Research ...