UV lights on power lines may help save Sandhill cranes
Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an ...
Tag: Population Biology
DNA test is an effective cervical cancer screening tool for women in low-income countries
Effective cervical cancer screening initiative by Dartmouth researchers in Honduras identifies different human papillomavirus types than those in the USCredit: ...
What drives multiple female acorn woodpeckers to share a nest?
Study explores the possible benefits of rare behaviorCredit: Photo © Bruce Lyon. Ithaca, NY--Acorn Woodpeckers live in close-knit family groups ...
The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities
Plants play an important role for most indigenous communities in South America, and not merely as a source of food. ...
Study shows birds use social cues to make decisions
Credit: Photo by Hanja Brandl, used with permission. A new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that some birds ...
Vaccination may help protect bats from deadly disease
A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international ...
New scat study provides clues to puzzling existence of Humboldt martens in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
CORVALLIS, Ore. - With a new scat study, researchers are chipping away at solving a biological mystery on the central ...
Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind
Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake, the largest body of freshwater in Alaska ...
Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
Credit: Meng Chen A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three ...
Why do birds typically live longer than mammals?
Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do ...
Isle Royale winter study: 13 new wolves, 20 radio-collared moose
Credit: Rolf Peterson/Michigan Tech Fifteen wolves. 2,060 moose. Extensive ice and deep, powdery snow. Michigan Tech researchers have released the ...
US cities host more regionally unique species than previously thought
Citizen science data offers novel comparison of flora and fauna between metropolitan areasCredit: © 2018 Amy Patten SAN FRANCISCO (April ...
Lionfish genes studied for clues to invasive prowess
Credit: Photo by Michael Gäbler published under a Creative Commons license. What makes the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) such a ...
Red-neck phalarope: a migratory divide towards the Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Sea
An exceptional strategy when winter comesCredit: Yann Kolbeinsson When winter comes, populations of red-neck phalarope from the Western Palearctic migrate ...
Preventing collapse after catastrophe
As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, ...
Maximizing conservation benefits
Overexploitation and population collapse pose significant threats to marine fish stocks across the globe. While certain fish populations have already ...
Bacteria uses viral weapon against other bacteria
Credit: Sooyeon Song and Missy Hazen/Penn State Bacterial cells use both a virus -- traditionally thought to be an enemy ...
Place-based management can protect coral reefs in a changing climate
Credit: Kostantinos Stamoulis Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) and the State of Hawai'i Department of ...
Biologists share $1.83 million to explore why plant genomes duplicate
How genome doubling influences key crop plantsCredit: Joel Sharbrough/Colorado State University When humans are born, we inherit one set of ...
Can we solve the riddle of the coral reef halos?
Credit: Copyright: CNES/Airbus; DigitalGlobe. Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by a variety of human impacts. Fishing is among the most ...