How learning about fish can help us save the Amazon rainforest
High fish diversity is a good indicator of forest healthCredit: Courtesy of Lesley de Souza, Field Museum. Think of the ...
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Research reveals unique reproductive trait for seagrass
Wing interacts with currents to hold seed in place for rootingCredit: © A. Rossen. Seagrasses have long been known as ...
The curious case of the disappearing snakes
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan State University- and University of Maryland-led study featured on the ...
Maintaining social relationships is important for more than finding a mate
Life history stage explains behavior in a social network before & during the early breeding seasonCredit: Archbold Biological Station There ...
Study: One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years
University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by ...
How bird flocks with multiple species behave like K-pop groups
Credit: Mitchell Walters GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Birds of a feather don't always flock together: Peer into a forest canopy, and ...
Invasive species that threaten biodiversity on the Antarctic Peninsula are identified
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Invasive species are non-native ones that are introduced into a new habitat and are able to ...
Reimagining the link between space and species could boost wildlife conservation
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the latest issue of The American Naturalist, University of Kansas investigator Jorge Sobero?n ...
‘Rule breaking’ plants may be climate change survivors
Credit: Dr Annabel Smith Plants that break some of the 'rules' of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have ...
Dolphins gather in female family groups
Mothers and singles swim in select areasCredit: Photo Dr Fernando Diaz-Aguirre Social clusters including mothers' groups play an important role ...
Scientists warn humanity about worldwide insect decline
They also suggest ways to recognise and avert its consequencesCredit: Pedro Cardoso Engaging civil society and policy makers is essential ...
Mediterranean sea urchins are more vulnerable than previously thought
Strong selection pressure in a context of progressive warmingCredit: Creu Palacín (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, an ...
Burrowing mayfly’s decline may serve as a warning system for the health of our environment
Credit: Virginia Tech Mayflies have long been indicators of the ecological health of the lakes, rivers, and streams. The more ...
East African fish in need of recovery
Coastal fish stocks declining in Kenya, Tanzania, and MozambiqueCredit: T. McClanahan A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered ...
Study links three key variables to higher rural mortality rates in US
Credit: Health Affairs Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate in the U.S for rural residents has exceeded that of ...
Microbes linked to cancer in threatened California foxes, report Princeton researchers
Bridgett vonHoldt and Alexandra DeCandia find link between ear mites, staph microbes, and tumorsCredit: Edward Schrom, Princeton University Can staph ...
Scientists listen to whales, walruses, & seals in a changing arctic seascape
Multi-year, year-round acoustic study in northern Bering Sea records more than 30,000 whale, walrus, and seal callsCredit: Maxim Chakilev A ...
French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the ...
Research sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of coupling
Credit: German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research A UTSA researcher has discovered that, whether in a pair or in ...
Trees struggle when forests become too small
Fragmented forests a problem for spreading seeds, supporting diversityCredit: Photo: Antti Miettinen Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental problem we ...
