Study: Aquaculture does little, if anything, to conserve wild fisheries
New research finds that aquaculture, or fish farming, does not help conserve wild fisheries. "Our fundamental question with this study ...
Tag: Population Biology
Cricket females choose male losers
According to popular belief, females prefer males with high social status (alpha males) when as partners to continue the race. ...
Open-access satellite data allows tracking of seasonal population movements
Credit: Nita Bharti, Penn State A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ...
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
Results show bacterial genomes provide 'shadow history' of animal evolution Bacteria have evolved all manner of adaptations to live in ...
A scientific study reveals the enigmas on social behaviour of western lowland gorillas
Gorillas in the heart of the forestCredit: Germán Illera A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...
Artificial intelligence can identify microscopic marine organisms
Credit: Tom Marchitto Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine ...
Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada
Credit: Felix Ossig-Bonanno (2017) The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths ...
'Eavesdropping' technology used to protect one of New Zealand's rarest birds
ZSL scientists pioneer new method of monitoring hihi reintroductions by listening in on bird 'conversations'Credit: (c) ZSL Remote recording devices ...
Pika survival rates dry up with low moisture
In the Pacific Northwest, dry air interacts with low snow conditions to affect pika abundances at different elevationsCredit: Photo courtesy ...
Why charismatic, introduced species are so difficult to manage
Researchers say mismatches of scale between social and ecological systems are a key contributor to many conflicts involving introduced-species managementCredit: ...
The future of minority health and health disparities research is here
Credit: NIMHD Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute ...
Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest
Credit: Karl-Olof Bergman For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according ...
Factors in 'alarming rate' of cold-stranded sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay
A recent study looked into what variables are most important in predicting The number of cold-stunning and stranding events among ...
Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo
The discovery is the latest in a series of newly described species collected as part of the Taxon Expeditions initiative ...