Sep. 4, 2023 — Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research. For a long time, tropical ...
Aug. 31, 2023 — Plant species from certain geographic regions are more successful in spreading outside their native ranges than others -- but why? Ecologists provide answers by exploring how the ecological and ...
Aug. 30, 2023 — New work could help forest managers predict which forests are most at risk from drought and which will ...
Aug. 29, 2023 — A new article found that overhunting of gorillas, elephants, and other large fruit-eating seed-dispersers make tropical forests less able to store or sequester ...
Aug. 28, 2023 — High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kakapo population is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered ...
Aug. 25, 2023 — A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — A new study of cavity-nesting birds in Ecuador shows the influence of deforestation on their habitat and reproductive success. Nest boxes could ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — Climate impacts such as dry, hot summers reduce the growth and increase the mortality of trees in the Black Forest because they negatively influence the climatic water balance, i.e., the difference ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — Researchers combined human and ecological factors to analyze the global scale of non-native tree species invasions. Human activity in hotspots of global trade, such as maritime ports, is linked to an ...
Aug. 22, 2023 — New research has revealed Australia's iconic grasstrees -- known as 'yaccas' -- play a critical role in protecting wildlife from deadly weather extremes, thereby ensuring their ...
Aug. 22, 2023 — Birds native to the tropical Andes are threatened by increasing agricultural development in the region. A new study combines a meta-analysis of papers on birds across the Andes with five years of ...
Aug. 9, 2023 — Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the U.S., contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United ...
Aug. 8, 2023 — City life favors species that are adaptable and not too fussy about what they eat, among other characteristics. A worldwide consortium of scientists calls the resulting collection of traits an ...
Aug. 8, 2023 — Current efforts to protect and restore native biodiversity is being threatened by difficulties in identifying wild and domestic cats, and categorization is likely to remain fraught for the ...
Aug. 7, 2023 — A new study reveals how a succession of strategies can take control of an invasive species ...
Aug. 3, 2023 — Tropical forests can harbor hundreds of species of trees in one square mile. Researchers reveal key factors in the spatial distribution of adult ...
Aug. 2, 2023 — Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate. Scientists are working on several fronts to better ...
Aug. 1, 2023 — A newly published study describes the response to sea level rise by the silver rice rat, an endangered species only found in the Florida ...
July 31, 2023 — It's an elegant solution: Remove the habitat of a parasite-carrying aquatic snail and reduce the level of infection in the local community; all while generating more feed and compost for local ...
July 31, 2023 — Researchers have revealed the unique 'cheating' strategy a New Zealand insect has developed to avoid being eaten -- mimicking a highly toxic ...
