Scientists develop new way to identify the sex of sea turtle hatchlings
Study provides crucial step to assess climate change impacts on imperiled turtle speciesCredit: Dana Ralph Unlike humans, sea turtles and ...
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Litter problem at England’s protected coasts
Credit: Marine Conservation Society Beaches in or near England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as ...
Coastal pollution reduces genetic diversity of corals, reef resilience
Credit: Zac Forsman A new study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth ...
Our oceans are suffering, but we can rebuild marine life
Credit: Manu San Felix, National Geographic It's not too late to rescue global marine life, according to a study outlining ...
Plant disease primarily spreads via roadsides
Credit: Elina Numminen An analysis based on mathematical statistics more precise than those previously carried out uncovered the reason why ...
Climate change may be making migration harder by shortening nightingales’ wings
Credit: Javier de la Puente The Common Nightingale, known for its beautiful song, breeds in Europe and parts of Asia ...
Preservation of testicular cells to save endangered feline species
Testicular cells survive cryopreservation after dissociationCredit: Ex-situ Iberian Lynx Program A research team at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo ...
UK local authorities not ready for the number of deaths from Covid-19
The situation could lead to a bottleneck in burials and cremations, mortuaries filled beyond capacity and the possibility of mass ...
Celebrating our genomic diversity: Fine-scale differences in the Japanese population
Researchers led by Osaka University use dimensionality reduction analyses to identify fine-scale differences in the Japanese population, revealing greater population ...
A small forage fish should command greater notice, researchers say
UMass Amherst, more than 20 scientists urge greater effort to gather sand lance dataCredit: UMass Amherst/Keenan Yakola AMHERST, Mass. - ...
Here be dragons: Analysis reveals new species in Smaug lizard group
Credit: Edward Stanley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R Tolkien's "The Hobbit," has a few living relatives. ...
Plants and animals aren’t so different when it comes to climate
A new study reveals that plants and animals are remarkably similar in their responses to changing environmental conditions.Credit: John J. ...
Arctic light pollution affects fish, zooplankton up to 200 metres deep
Fish behavior and stock assessments may be influenced by this sensitivity to light all over the worldCredit: Photo: Geir Johnsen, ...
Improving success of giraffe translocations
Credit: Wild Nature Institute Giraffes that are being translocated for conservation purposes should be moved in groups that contain at ...
How does an intersex bee behave?
Credit: Chelsey Ritner In the neotropical forest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, an unusual bee hatched: half male and ...
Tracking adeno-associated virus capsid evolution
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 18, 2020--Researchers have used high-throughput screening of adeno-associated viral (AAV) ...
Aboriginal scars from frontier wars
Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in ...
Blinded by the light
Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survivalCredit: David Stoner/Utah State University A new paper including research from a ...
Against overfishing: save the oldies!
Harvest slots protect fish stocks without compromising fisheries yieldCredit: Philipp Czapla Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish ...
Human activity affects interactions between plants and seed-dispersing birds
Analysis of Atlantic Rainforest fragments shows how extinction of animal species, habitat loss and forest fragmentation affect networks of ecological ...