Pine martens like to have neighbors — but not too near
Credit: Nick Upton Pine martens need neighbours but like to keep their distance, according to new research. Over three years, ...
Tag: Population Biology
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
The first identifications of Boa on Martinique, Basse-Terre and La Désirade islands point to the snake's significance for pre-Columbian AmerindiansCredit: ...
Humpback whales may risk collision with vessels in the Magellan Strait
Credit: J.J. Capella Every summer (November-April), the Magellan Strait in the southwestern part of Chile becomes a popular feeding area ...
More than the sum of their genes
Scientists call for a new perspective for population management of animals in zoosCredit: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7552258 Reproducing ...
Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
Credit: Purdue University photo/Henry Legett Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they're ...
Yellow-legged gull adapts its annual lifecycle to human activities to get food
Opportunist species with great spread abilitiesCredit: Isabel Afán (EBD-CSIC) The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human ...
Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future
Credit: Matthew Barbour / UZH What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists ...
How gene flow between species influences the evolution of Darwin’s finches
Credit: Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant. Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, ...
Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners
Their openness to associate with previously unknown yeasts could be a crucial factor for the emergence of new Drosophila speciesCredit: ...
Balancing impacts of range-shifting species: Invasives vs biodiversity
Ecologists at UMass Amherst, others, urge greater discussion on consequences of range-shifting speciesCredit: Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife/Bill Byrne ...
Evidence of Late Pleistocene human colonization of isolated islands beyond Wallace’s Line
New isotopic study of fossil teeth shows flexible human adaptations to Pleistocene island life through timeCredit: Sue O'Connor A new ...
Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology
Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's ...
Salmonid fishes use different mechanism to defend against parasite infections
Credit: Pekka Hyvärinen, The Natural Resources Institute Finland Collaborate research of the University of Jyvaskyla and the Natural Resources Institute ...
New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists
Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like ...
Icelandic DNA jigsaw-puzzle brings new knowledge about Neanderthals
An international team of researchers has put together a new image of Neanderthals based on the genes Neanderthals left in ...
University of Guelph develops effective way to replenish threatened plants
University of Guelph researchers used advanced cloning techniques to give the threatened Hill's thistle a fighting chance.Credit: University of Guelph ...
Rare South American ground beetles sport unusual, likely multi-purpose antennal cleaners
Credit: Terry L. Erwin For 157 years, scientists have wished they could understand the evolutionary relationships of a curious South ...
Acta Biologica Sibirica signs with Pensoft and moves to ARPHA
The first papers in 2020 of Acta Biologica Sibirica, journal of Altai State University, are published on the innovative ARPHA ...
How does habitat fragmentation affect Amazonian birds?
Four decades of research provide some answersCredit: Phil Stouffer The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), located near Manaus, ...
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spilloverCredit: Christine K. Johnson, UC Davis As COVID-19 spreads across ...