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  Of Bears and Berries: Return of Wolves Aids Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone

  July 29, 2013 — A new study suggests that the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park is beginning to bring back a key part of the diet of grizzly bears that has been missing for much of the past century -- ... > full story
• Forest
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Apes
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Borneo's Orangutans Are Coming Down from the Trees; Behavior May Show Adaptation to Habitat Change

  July 29, 2013 — Orangutans might be the king of the swingers, but primatologists in Borneo have found that the great apes spend a surprising amount of time walking on the ground. The research found that it is common ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Virology
  Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Food and Agriculture
  Zoology
   
  

  Virus to Control Potato Moth

  July 29, 2013 — New biological insecticides have emerged in recent years which make use of so-called "entomopathogenic" viruses that are harmful to insects, in particular the baculovirus. To identify the virus in ... > full story
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  Environmental Policy
   

  What Can Plants Reveal About Global Climate Change?

  July 26, 2013 — While the media continues to present climate change as a controversial issue, many scientists are working hard to gather data, collaborate across disciplines, and use experimental and modeling ... > full story
• New Species
  Coral Reefs
  Ecology
  Extinction
  Marine Biology
  Ecology Research
   
  

  A New Coral Reef Species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia

  July 26, 2013 — A new shallow water coral species, Echinophyllia tarae sp. n., is described from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Scleractinia, also called stony corals, are exclusively marine animals; they ... > full story
• Fungus
  Nature
  Trees
  Forest
  Ecology Research
  Rainforests
   
  

  Traditional Forest Management Reduces Fungal Diversity

  July 26, 2013 — In the beech groves of Navarre, biologists have analyzed the influence exerted by forestry management on the fungi populations that decompose ... > full story
• Computer Modeling
  Computers and Internet
  Hacking
  Computer Programming
  Information Technology
  Computer Science
   

  Computer Can Infer Rules of the Forest

  July 25, 2013 — Researchers have devised a computer algorithm that takes intermittent samples -- for example, the number of prey and predating species in a forest once a year, or the concentration of different ... > full story
• Marine Biology
  Ecology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Geochemistry
  Oceanography
   

  Molluscs Vs. Bacteria: New Finding on Marine Natural Products Biosynthesis

  July 25, 2013 — The gastropod mollusc Scaphander lignarius -- a marine invertebrate found in North Atlantic and Mediterranean water -- is the first organism, besides bacteria, in which the biosynthesis of ... > full story
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Air Quality
  Environmental Issues
  Forest
  Earth Science
   
  

  Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rises

  July 24, 2013 — NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, unlike ecosystems in other parts of the ... > full story

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  • Tropical Ecosystems Regulate Variations in Earth's Carbon Dioxide Levels
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Geography
  Environmental Issues
  Weather
  Ice Ages
   

  Shifting Patterns of Temperature Volatility in the Climate System

  July 24, 2013 — In recent decades there has been increased variability in yearly temperature records for large parts of Europe and North America, according to a new ... > full story

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