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In the Northeast, Forests With Entirely Native Flora Are Not the Norm
April 30, 2013 — Two-thirds of all forest inventory plots in the Northeast and Midwestern United States contain at least one non-native plant species, a new US Forest Service study found. The study across two dozen ... > full story -
The Underground Adventures of the Mediterranean Frog Rana Iberica
April 30, 2013 — Although many amphibians have been reported to live or spend part of their life underground, the Mediterranean frog Rana iberica, has never been reported dwelling in subterranean habitats until now. ... > full story -
Sushi for Peccaries?
April 29, 2013 — It turns out the white-lipped peccary —- a piglike animal from Central and South America —- will settle for fish when fruits (its main food) are no longer on the menu, according to ... > full story -
U. S. Has Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity
April 29, 2013 — North America isn’t known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of ... > full story -
Ecological Knowledge Offers Perspectives for Sustainable Agriculture
April 29, 2013 — A smart combination of different crops, such as beans and maize, can significantly cut the use of crop protection agents and at the same time reduce the need for fertilizers. Integrating ecological ... > full story -
Peculiar Life History of Middle American Stenamma Ants
April 25, 2013 — A recent revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma provides the description of 40 species, 33 of which are recognized as new to science. The extensive study provides the first ... > full story -
Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams
April 24, 2013 — A new study in the fast-changing southern Amazon -- a region marked by widespread replacement of native forest by cattle ranches and croplands -- suggests that some of the damaging impacts of ... > full story -
Tinkerbella Nana: A New Representative from the World of Fairyflies
April 24, 2013 — A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Mymaridae), is described from Costa Rica. It is compared with the related species Kikiki huna Beardsley and Huber, which holds the record for ... > full story -
Big Ecosystem Changes Viewed Through the Lens of Tiny Carnivorous Plants
April 23, 2013 — The water-filled pool within a pitcher plant, it turns out, is a tiny ecosystem whose inner workings are similar to those of a full-scale water body. Whether small carnivorous plant or huge lake, ... > full story -
A Beautiful Species of Tree Iguana Redescribed 179 Years After Its Discovery
April 23, 2013 — The tree iguana, Liolaemus nigromaculatus, was the second species of the genus Liolaemus to be described and the nominal species of the group nigromaculatus. However, since its description, no ... > full story
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