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April 23, 2024
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Apr. 20, 2024 — Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess, but what if there was a way to better tune into possible changes occurring? Researchers have discovered that the silent growth of non-native invasive plants can affect the ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago. Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
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Apr. 19, 2024 — A study has found direct evidence of a species -- the American woodcock, a migratory shorebird from eastern and central North America -- that overlaps periods of migration and reproduction, a rare ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations. However, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reef systems, which can be used to assess ecosystem ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a new ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. ...
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Apr. 16, 2024 — According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — New research has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated with stronger improvements in our mental wellbeing compared to spaces with less natural ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene expression, according to a new study. The ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using new data to help avoid right whales' harmful ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — It is one of the world's most spectacular sights -- huge flocks or 'flamboyances' of flamingos around East Africa's lakes -- as seen in the film Out of Africa or David ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Ant species living in Boulder's foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A study has analyzed the impact of the rise in sea surface temperature on macroalgae communities over the last four decades. Points at various depths were investigated in a location off the coast of ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Fish and invertebrate animals are far more affected by warmer and more acidic seawater than was previously known. The big gain of the new method is that more details become known about effects of ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Through the ages, the presence of humans has increased the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and has often had a positive effect on their ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — A new study calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that animals in high-latitude, cooler climates tend to be larger than close relatives living in warmer ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — In a recent study, researchers found that 78% of the world's bird species do not thrive in the most modified human-dominated environments. These species are also most likely to have declining ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — While climate change has led to an increase in the abundance of octopuses, heat stress from projected ocean warming could impair their vision and impact the survivability of the ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its former range. Researchers conducted the first range-wide genetic study of the endangered species to ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — A study shows that sea anemones that react more slowly to change can survive a heatwave better than individuals that change their behavior ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Many marine protected areas are falling short of their most basic purpose: to rebuild struggling fish populations. In a new study, scientists looked at the age breakdown of reef fish in marine ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — A new study has found a decline in the abundance of marine fish species that move rapidly toward the poles to escape rising sea temperatures. The researchers explain that many animal species are ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
- Biodiversity Is Key to the Mental Health Benefits of Nature
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Evolution's Recipe Book: How 'copy Paste' Errors Cooked Up the Animal Kingdom
- Tropical Forests Can't Recover Naturally Without Fruit-Eating Birds
Friday, April 12, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- New Report 'braids' Indigenous and Western Knowledge for Forest Adaptation Strategies Against Climate Change
- Deforestation Harms Biodiversity of the Amazon's Perfume-Loving Orchid Bees
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- 'Teacher Toads' Can Save Native Animals from Toxic Cane Toads
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Dinosaur Study Challenges Bergmann's Rule
- Four in Five Bird Species Cannot Tolerate Intense Human Pressures
- Heat Stress from Ocean Warming Harms Octopus Vision
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Rusty-Patched Bumblebee's Struggle for Survival Found in Its Genes
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- New Sunflower Family Tree Reveals Multiple Origins of Flower Symmetry
- California Leads U.S. Emissions of Little-Known Greenhouse Gas
- Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater's Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
- We've Had Bird Evolution All Wrong
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- These Plants Evolved in Florida Millions of Years Ago: They May Be Gone in Decades
- Older Trees Help to Protect an Endangered Species
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Computational Tools Fuel Reconstruction of New and Improved Bird Family Tree
- Melting Glaciers in a Warmer Climate Provide New Ground for Invasive Species
- Canada Lynx Historic Range in US Likely Wider Than Previously Thought
- Machine Learning Provides a New Picture of the Great Gray Owl
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Manganese Plays a Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Small Birds Spice Up the Already Diverse Diet of Spotted Hyenas in Namibia
- Lyrebird Synchronizes Elements of Its Mating Dance
- Going 'back to the Future' To Forecast the Fate of a Dead Florida Coral Reef
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- North American Cities May See a Major Species Turnover by the End of the Century
- Food Matters: Healthy Diets Increase the Economic and Physical Feasibility of 1.5°C
- Looking to the Past to Prevent Future Extinction
- Biologists Uncover New Species of Tiger Beetle: Eunota Houstoniana
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- New Roadmap to Prevent Pandemics Centers on Protecting Biodiversity
- New Maps Help Decision-Makers Factor Albedo Into Tree-Planting Decisions
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- Humans Pass More Viruses to Other Animals Than We Catch from Them
- Researchers Discover Evolutionary 'tipping Point' In Fungi
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Scientists Weigh Up Current Status of Blue Whale Populations Around the World
- Ancient Giant Dolphin Discovered in the Amazon
- Eyes Open and Toes out of Water: How a Giant Water Bug Reached the Island of Cyprus
- Monitoring and Measuring Biodiversity Require More Than Just Numbers; Scientists Advocate for Change
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Climate Change Alters the Hidden Microbial Food Web in Peatlands
- Artificial Streams Reveal How Drought Shapes California's Alpine Ecosystems
- A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony
- Scientists Discover How Diadem Butterfly Mimics African Queen
- Global Wildlife Study During COVID-19 Shows Rural Animals Are More Sensitive to Human Activity
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- High Resolution Imagery Advances the Ability to Monitor Decadal Changes in Emperor Penguin Populations
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe
- Exploring Arctic Plants and Lichens: An Important Conservation Baseline for Nunavut's Newest and Largest Territorial Park
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Giant Sequoias Are a Rapidly Growing Feature of the UK Landscape
- Rice Paddy Snake Diversification Was Driven by Geological and Environmental Factors in Thailand, Molecular Data Suggests
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
- Range-Shifting Fishes Are Climate-Change Losers, According to New Research
- Pronghorn Population Declining Due to Human Development
- Gene Flow in Giraffes and What It Means for Their Conservation
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Reptile Roadkill Reveals New Threat to Endangered Lizard Species
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Loss of Nature Costs More Than Previously Estimated
- Earth's Earliest Forest Revealed in Somerset Fossils
- Eight New Deep-Sea Species of Marine Sponges Discovered
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Microbes Impact Coral Bleaching Susceptibility
- Global Warming Is Affecting Bats' Hibernation
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- We Know the Arctic Is Warming -- What Will Changing River Flows Do to Its Environment?
- 8 in 10 Lizards Could Be at Risk Due to Deforestation
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- A New Plant's Name That Tells a Story
- Bottlenecks and Beehives: How an Invasive Bee Colony Defied Genetic Expectations
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Microbial Viruses Act as Secret Drivers of Climate Change
- Uncertainty in Measuring Biodiversity Change Could Hinder Progress Towards Global Targets for Nature
- Genetic Research Revealed Several New Fern Species in Tropical America
- The Veil Varies More Than the Threat: Predator Selection on Variability in Camouflage and Warning Signals
- Birds and Bee Lessons as Pacific Field Trips Also Solve 'Michener's Mystery'
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Older African Elephants Will Be Most Severely Affected by the Changing Climate
- African Great Apes Predicted to See Frequent Extreme Climate Events in the Next 30 Years
- Study Reveals Accelerated Soil Priming Under Climate Warming
- Study Finds Drought Fuels Invasive Species After Wildfires
- Climate Change Shrinking Fish
- Counting Rays: Aerial Surveys Reveal Ample Populations in Southeast Florida