What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?
Credit: Ça?an ?ekercio?lu The lush forests and more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines hold a rich diversity of life, ...
Tag: Population Biology
Sweeping analysis concludes there’s no cheating old age
Researchers compare pace-of-aging across 39 populations of humans and primatesCredit: Florian Moellers DURHAM, N.C. - Special diets, exercise programs, supplements ...
Liver cancer call for help
Indigenous communities missing care -- expertCredit: Flinders University Rising numbers of liver cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities ...
URI researchers: New survey method proves Rhode Island’s rarest frog may not be so rare
Credit: Anne Devan-Song KINGSTON, R.I. - June 14, 2021 - The rarest frog in Rhode Island may not be as ...
Pollutant concentration increases in the franciscana dolphin
One of the smallest and most threatened dolphin species worldwideCredit: Massimiliano Drago, UB-IRBio The concentration of potentially toxic metals is ...
Data from community science is underutilized; new study aims to change that
New paper provides framework for how scientists can leverage community-generated data to monitor global biodiversity changeCredit: © Calla Allison SAN ...
Butterflies and moths have difficulty adjusting to a rapidly changing climate
Credit: Helmut Diekmann Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the ...
Sleep Number presents new data from its 360® Smart Beds at SLEEP 2021 Annual Meeting
Credit: Sleep Number Real-world data from Sleep Number® smart bed sleepers shows a potential model for predicting and tracking COVID-19 ...
The buck stops where? UNH research records longest-ever deer distance
Credit: Missouri Department of Conservation DURHAM, N.H.--Why did the deer cross the road? According to research from the University of ...
Preventing plant disease pandemics
Credit: Virginia Tech During the COVID-19 pandemic, food systems faced disruptions from staff shortages and supply chain issues. Now, a ...
Experiments show natural selection opposes sexual selection
Credit: University of Exeter Natural selection can reverse evolution that occurs through sexual selection and this can lead to better ...
10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change project'. New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. ...
This forest has stayed wild for 5,000 years — we can tell because of the soil
Credit: Alvaro del Campo, Field Museum We sometimes think of the Amazon rainforest as unaltered by humans, a peek into ...
Paleontologists for the first time discover the pierced skull of a Pleistocene cave bear
Probably the find is the only evidence in the world that ancient people hunted Pleistocene small cave bearsCredit: UrFU / ...
North Atlantic right whales have gotten smaller since the 1980s
Credit: Photograph by Michael Moore and Carolyn Miller (WHOI), authorized by NMFS research permit #21371. Whales are largely protected from ...
Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...
Central Oregon bat survey shows value and scale-up potential of citizen science
Credit: Provided by Tom Rodhouse, NPS and OSU-Cascades. BEND, Ore. - Bat researchers say a project in Central Oregon shows ...
Biologists find invasive snails using new DNA-detection technique
Credit: Edward Levri, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the ...
Lundquist investigators in global study expanding genomic research of different ancestries
Paper in Nature Genetics: Genome-wide meta-analysis shows that research into different ancestries leads to better results and better careCredit: The ...
Immunity boost in the gut
Vaccine efficacy link to microbiota, studies showCredit: Flinders University Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions ...