Soft tissue makes coral tougher in the face of climate change
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their ...
Tag: Population Biology
Study shows zoos and aquariums increase species knowledge index 800 percent
Previously untapped information sheds light on extinction timelines for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibiansCredit: Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Despite volumes ...
Living room conservation: Gaming & virtual reality for insect and ecosystem conservation
Players explore and search for butterflies using knowledge gained through gameplayCredit: Alban Delamarre Gaming and virtual reality (VR) could bridge ...
Genome analysis showed common origin of Pskov, Novgorod and Yakutia populations
Scientists for the first time compared complete genome data of different ethnic groups in Russia. Using a special algorithm, they ...
2017 pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar characterized by scientists
Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in ...
Can multiple carnivores coexist in cities?
Bobcats, coyotes, foxes seek green spaces in the suburbsCredit: eMammal Project As growth makes neighborhoods more crowded for humans, it's ...
Tree dens play a critical role in panda lifestyle
Study reinforces importance of old growth forests In a paper recently published in the journal Biological Conservation, an international team ...
Honey, I ate the kids: The sweet side of filial cannibalism
This Easter, researchers reveal why some parents eat their kids' eggs: it's because they care As you bite into a ...
MU neurobiologists annotate critical neuronal proteins in lamprey genome
Credit: University of Missouri The lamprey, an eel-like primitive vertebrate, is a popular organism for neurobiology studies because it has ...
Could climate change cause infertility?
The scientific community has long held an understanding about the effect of temperature on sperm production in mammals, but this ...
Do songbirds pay a price for winter wandering?
In years when winter conditions are especially harsh, birds that depend on conifer seeds for food are sometimes forced to ...
Population health: A rapidly evolving discipline in US academic medicine
AUSTIN, Texas - Leaders from department-level initiatives across the U.S. weigh in on how academic medicine is embracing population health ...
Bacteria surrounding coral reefs change in synchrony, even across great distance
Credit: Jennifer Smith In coral reef ecosystems, amid stony corals, fronds of algae and schools of fish, microorganisms are essential ...
The truth about a true frog: Unknown Costa Rican frog hidden amongst a widespread species
The discovery highlights the urgent need of modern DNA tools when studying rapidly declining animal groups like amphibiansCredit: Dr Robert ...
Multiple Denisovan-related ancestries in Papuans
DNA sequences from Indonesia and New Guinea reveal new branches of the Denisovan family treeCredit: © Isabella Apriyana The findings ...
Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates
Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one ...
Long-lived bats could hold secrets to mammal longevity
UMD biologists found four bat lineages that live at least four times longer than similar-sized mammals and revealed new traits ...
Next-generation gene drive arrives
CRISPR-based 'allelic drive' allows genetic editing with selective precision and broad implicationsCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego New CRISPR-based gene ...
Plant diversity increases insect diversity
Credit: Alex Fergus The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. ...
Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology
A collaboration between astrophysicists, conservationists and ecologists aims to save rare and endangered animals A ground-breaking scientific collaboration is harnessing ...