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November 3, 2024
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Nov. 1, 2024 — Ancient cultural burning practices carried out by Indigenous Australians limited fuel availability and prevented high intensity fires in southeastern Australia for thousands of years, according to ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Wilting flowers might not signal poor flower or plant health, but rather the effects of a sophisticated resource management strategy in plants, millions of years in the ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — In the face of increased human pressures and climate change, a team of scientists have launched a new online tool to assist marine managers and restoration experts to bolster the resilience of marine habitat-forming species. The 'Reef Adapt' ...
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Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have developed a model to calculate how quickly or slowly an organism should ideally learn in its surroundings. An organism's ideal ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — A new study finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger than Mexico) in humid tropical regions around the world has the potential ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically endangered Cat Ba langurs. Despite low genetic diversity, the langurs have retained key genetic traits that help them survive in their ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping soil microbial communities across the U.S., making them more uniform and altering how ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Once abundant, the massive, colorful clam is now locally extinct in many regions, with a critical drop in population due to overfishing and climate ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — There is a yawning gap between national policies to enhance biodiversity and the individual and small group behavioral changes that are critical to ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — What is the 'most Canadian' animal? Spoiler: it's not the beaver, or the moose. A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates in Canada by their level of Canadian evolutionary distinctness: ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — A new scientific study reveals the complex relationship between the impacts of climate change and the adaptive responses of coastal fishers in the ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia, harnessing community science data and innovative modeling ...
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Nov. 1, 2024 — Researchers developed citizen science platforms as a new data source to evaluate the effectiveness of the 742 protected areas for birds across Germany. This research shows that although these areas ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Two of these new species are present in Japan: Aphanerostethus magnus (Oo-daruma-kuchikakushi-zoumushi) and Aphanerostethus japonicus (Nippon-daruma-kuchikakushi-zoumushi). One of these, ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — New Zealand's native stoneflies have changed colour in response to human-driven environmental changes, new research shows. The study provides arguably the world's most clear-cut case of ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — A new study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils. As the agricultural sector strives to reduce its ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — Decades after it was first found in Japan, a crustacean species with unique black-and-white coloring resembling a panda has been confirmed to be new to ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — New research has revealed Marri trees are critical to the survival of more than 80 species of native bee in Western Australia's South West region, which is one of the world's most ...
Oct. 22, 2024 — Changing precipitation patterns in the Neotropics, one of Earth's most biodiverse regions, could threaten two-thirds of the area's bird species by the year 2100 if climate change goes ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Microorganisms growing in landfills, on agricultural land and in wetlands are contributing to skyrocketing levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to new ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment. The research is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — New research shows how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen to the ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — Journals focused on ferns, clams, or coral reefs had proportionally more of their articles cited by the federal government when protecting species than more prominent, higher-impact journals. The ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — A new study has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Environmental DNA, also known as eDNA, is genetic material shed from animals and plants that scientists can use to tell what kinds of organisms are living in an environment. However, scientists ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Tiny diatoms in the ocean are masters at capturing carbon dioxide from the environment. They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth's CO2. A research team has now discovered a protein shell in these ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — Grasslands are responding to climate change almost in real time, according to new ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — An ecologically realistic 24-year field study of grasslands showed that elevated levels of carbon dioxide nearly tripled species losses attributed to nitrogen ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth's land yet are home to 31 per cent of the world's plant species. A new study shows that of all ...
Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound more like sound effects ...
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Human Actions Likely Cause Insect Color Change
- Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Carbon Retention
- Crustacean With Panda-Like Coloring Confirmed to Be a New Species
- Marri Trees a Lifeline for Many Native Bee Species in Biodiversity Hotspot
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
- Microbes Drove Methane Growth Between 2020 and 2022, Not Fossil Fuels
- Plant CO2 Uptake Rises by Nearly One Third in New Global Estimates
- Turtle Genome Provides New Clues on the Evolution of Vertebrates
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
- Smaller, More Specific Academic Journals Have More Sway Over Policy
- Better Ocean Connectivity Boosts Reef Fish Populations
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Fires Increase by 60 Percent
- Environmental DNA and Epidemics in Wood Frogs
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Grasslands Live in the Climate Change Fast Lane
- Nitrogen Pollution and Rising Carbon Dioxide: A Joint Threat to Grassland Biodiversity?
- One in Three Plants Call Islands Home: Many at Risk
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek
- New Temperatures in Two Thirds of Key Tropical Forest
- Modern Mass Extinction in an Ecuadorean Cloud Forest Found to Be a Mirage
- Bonobos May Be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought, Suggests Genetics Study
- Arthropods Dominate Plant Litter Decomposition in Drylands
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Monday, October 14, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Red Milkweed Beetle Genome Offers Insight Into Plant-Insect Interactions
- Declines in Plant Resilience Threaten Carbon Storage in the Arctic
- How Playing Songs to Darwin's Finches Helped Biologists Confirm Link Between Environment and the Emergence of New Species
- Early Human Species Benefited from Food Diversity in Steep Mountainous Terrain
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors
- Researchers Discover How Plants Produce a Novel Anti-Stress Molecule
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
- Plenty More Fish in the Sea? Environmental Protections Account for Around 10 Percent of Fish Stocks on Coral Reefs
- Low Stream Diatom Biodiversity Potentially Decreasing Stream Oxygen Production in Remote Islands
- Whale Shark Shipping Collisions May Increase as Oceans Warm
- Antarctic 'greening' At Dramatic Rate
Friday, October 4, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- The True Global Impact of Species-Loss Caused by Humans Is Far Greater Than Expected
- Decades-Long Research Reveals New Understanding of How Climate Change May Impact Caches of Arctic Soil Carbon
- New Findings Supply Corrective to Evolutionary Hypothesis
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Coral Reef Destruction a Threat to Human Rights
- Megadiverse Flowering Plant Family on Isolated Islands
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Global Warming Leads to Higher Nitrogen Requirements: New Wheat Varieties Can Contribute to Food Security
- Return of the Elephants Seals: From a Few to Thousands
- Forest Loss Forces Langur Species to Interbreed
- Discovery of 3,775-Year-Old Preserved Log Supports 'wood Vaulting' As a Climate Solution
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Ancient Reef-Builders Dodged Extinction -- At Least Temporarily
- Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of the Grape Family
- These Tadpoles Have Discovered a Unique Way of Not Contaminating Their Water Supply: Not Pooping
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
- How Cranes Navigate Their Complex World
- Extreme Polar Light Environment of the North and South Poles Sustains Biodiversity
- Transforming Agriculture from Carbon Source to Sink
- Leading Scientists Redefine 'sustainability' To Save the Ocean and Feed a Hungry and Warming Planet
- How Remarkable Diversity in Heat Tolerance Can Help Protect Coral Reefs
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Are Cows Pickier Than Goats?
- A New Forecasting Model Based on Gene Activity Predicts When Japan's Cherry Buds Awake from Dormancy
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Rugged Falklands Landscape Was Once a Lush Rainforest
- Explaining Dramatic Planet-Wide Changes After World's Last 'Snowball Earth' Event
- Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk from Human Impacts
- If You Build It, Will They Come? Wildlife Corridors Need Smarter Design
- Sea Surface Temperature Record in the Southwestern Pacific: Coral Colony from Fiji Reveals Warmest Temperatures in Over 600 Years
- Another New Wasp Species Discovered
- Scientists Quantify Energetic Costs of the Migratory Lifestyle in a Free Flying Songbird
- Scientists Urge New Conservation Approach to Save Vulnerable Species from Climate Change Impacts
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- Highly-Sensitive Beaks Could Help Albatrosses and Penguins Find Their Food
- An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear Is a Striking Example of Convergent Evolution
- Antarctic Krill Can Lock Away Similar Levels of Carbon as Seagrass and Mangroves
- Pollen Affects Cloud Formation and Precipitation Patterns
- Scientists from 33 European Countries Join Forces to Generate Reference Genomes for the Continent's Rich Biological Diversity
Monday, September 16, 2024
- Critical Crops' Alternative Way to Succeed in Heat and Drought
- How Gaps in the Canopy of a Floodplain Influence Microclimate and Soil Biological Activity
- 'Food Theft' Among Seabirds Could Be Transmission Point for Deadly Avian Flu
- New 'grumpy' Fish Species Discovered in the Red Sea
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Flowers Use Adjustable 'paint by Numbers' Petal Designs to Attract Pollinators
- An 'invasive' Marine Organism Has Become an Economic Resource in the Eastern Mediterranean
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- How El Nino and Mega Ocean Warming Caused the Greatest-Ever Mass Extinction
- New Fossil Fish Species Scales Up Evidence of Earth's Evolutionary March
- Ozone Pollution Reduces Tropical Forest Growth
- Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Suggests Even Greater Challenges to the Environment, Global Food Supply and Public Health
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Flightless Parrot in New Zealand Developed Different Feather Colors to Evade Predatory Birds
- Methane Emissions Are Rising Faster Than Ever
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
- How Microbial Communities Emerge
- Protecting Just 0.7% of World's Land Could Help Save a Third of Most Unique and Endangered Species
- Five Lessons to Level Up Conservation Successfully
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- Providing Blooms All Season Long May Be the Key to Attracting Pollinators, No Matter What Landscape Your Garden Is Near
- At-Risk Butterflies More Likely to Survive With Human Help
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- New Species of Paua (Abalone) Found
- Infertility Challenges Amongst Endangered Wild Songbird Population Revealed in New Study
Friday, August 30, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Number of Fish Species at Risk of Extinction Fivefold Higher Than Previous Estimates, According to a New Prediction
- Global Timber Supply Threatened as Climate Change Pushes Cropland Northwards
- Land-Sea 'tag-Team' Devastated Ocean Life Millions of Years Ago Reveal Scientists