Conservation efforts help some rare birds more than others, study finds
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Land conservation programs that have converted tens of thousands ...
Tag: Population Biology
Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?
Telling similar animals apart challenges even the expertsCredit: James Gagnon Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of ...
Urbanization changes shape of mosquitoes' wings
Research shows that rapid urbanization in São Paulo City, Brazil, is influencing wing morphology in the mosquitoes that transmit dengue ...
Researchers uncover migratory schedule of swallows, new study
A first-ever University of Guelph study has uncovered precisely when and where tree swallows stop during flights, which could tell ...
'Revealing Greater Cahokia' details research on ancient North American metropolis
Credit: Photos courtesy Illinois Archaeological Society: 'Revealing Greater Cahokia.' CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in ...
Possible Oahu populations offer new hope for Hawaiian seabirds
Credit: Lindsay Young The two seabird species unique to Hawaii, Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels, are the focus of major ...
The diversity of rural African populations extends to their microbiomes
Research from the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences pointed to a role for lifestyle, geography, ...
Genetic study provides novel insights into the evolution of skin color
Skin colour is one of the most visible and variable traits among humans and scientists have always been curious about ...
Mediterranean freshwater fish species susceptible to climate change
Climate change will strongly affect many European freshwater fish species. This is particularly the case for species in the Mediterranean ...
Unifying tropical ecology: Strengthening collaborative science
Joint British Ecological Society and Society for Tropical Ecology symposium The event celebrates the fourth European Conference of Tropical Ecology, ...
Green turtle: The success of the reintroduction program in Cayman Islands
At the limits of survival due human overexploitationCredit: Cayman Turtle Center (CTC) The reintroduction program for the green turtle in ...
More animal species under threat of extinction, new method shows
Currently approximately 600 species might be inaccurately assessed as non-threatened on the Red List of Threatened Species. More than a ...
Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time
Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher saysCredit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A type ...
Bear necessities: New study highlights importance of water resources for Andean bears
A new study is shedding light on the importance of one critical resource for Andean bears living in the dry ...