Sep. 13, 2023 — Scientists are trying to raise as many urchins as possible because they eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals. Researchers have identified algae on which larval sea ...
Sep. 13, 2023 — Protected nature areas are considered fundamental for maintaining biodiversity and countering its loss. But how effectively do established protected areas work and prevent negative trends? Research ...
Sep. 13, 2023 — Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects, such as dragonflies. But, when these insects live in ...
Sep. 13, 2023 — New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) -- blood thinning rat poisons -- in their ...
Sep. 12, 2023 — Accelerometers reading the behavior of wild boars can pick up when animals are infected with a fatal ...
Sep. 11, 2023 — Biologists have found evidence for evolutionary 'syndromes'-- sets of traits that occur together -- that help to explain how tomatoes first evolved their distinctive blend of color, ...
Sep. 11, 2023 — More than 400 million years ago, an insect-like animal called the springtail developed a small protein that prevents its cells from ...
Sep. 11, 2023 — Jackdaws ditch old friends and make new ones if it helps them get rewards -- but stick with family through thick and thin, new research ...
Sep. 11, 2023 — A herring in the North Sea, a crab in the Wadden Sea or an anemone fish on a coral reef, ... biologists like to think in terms of individual species that all have their own place within food webs in ...
Sep. 8, 2023 — Researchers have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they ...
Sep. 8, 2023 — A new study has found that air pollution is preventing pollinators finding flowers because it degrades the ...
Sep. 7, 2023 — New research explores the historical shifts in mammal traits and biodiversity loss in eastern Africa. The study reveals how environmental changes disrupted mammal communities and highlights the ...
Sep. 7, 2023 — A study shows nest temperatures affect leatherback hatchling shape, performance and nest success. Lower temperatures produced longer hatchlings; highest temperatures produced hatchlings with thicker ...
Sep. 6, 2023 — When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New ...
Sep. 5, 2023 — Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on earth probably emerged a long time ago. Today, the deep sea is known for its bizarre fauna. Intensive research is being ...
Sep. 4, 2023 — Diversified farming is an important complement to forest protections for reversing tropical biodiversity ...
Sep. 4, 2023 — More than 100 years of observations in nature have revealed a universal pattern of species abundances: Most species are rare but not very rare, and only a few species are very common. These so-called ...
Sep. 1, 2023 — In 2012, when the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) arrived in the U.S. from its home in China, scientists, land managers, and growers were understandably concerned that the sap-feeding insect ...
Aug. 31, 2023 — A research team identifies the mushroom body as a center for behavioral decisions in the insect ...
Aug. 31, 2023 — A new study found that more than half of people who own dogs expressed some level of canine vaccine hesitancy -- i.e. skepticism about vaccinating their pets against rabies and other diseases. An ...
