(Phys.org) —A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies ...

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Apr 30, 2013 4.7 / 5 (140) 21 |

Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signal ...

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May 06, 2013 3.8 / 5 (27) 8 |

Researchers trying to explain declining elk numbers in the Yellowstone National Park (YNP) placed part of the blame Wednesday on a previously unlinked phenomenon—a predatory trout invasion.

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May 14, 2013 4.8 / 5 (12) 0

The large-scale production of edible insects is unavoidable in order to continue feeding the ever-increasing global population and providing them with enough animal protein. Insect farming can be compared ...

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May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (9) 3 |

A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ...

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May 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

A comprehensive five-year study by University of Calgary ecologists – which included monitoring the activity of wolves, elks, cattle and humans – indicates that two accepted principles of how ecosystems ...

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May 08, 2013 4.1 / 5 (7) 3

Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists.

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May 15, 2013 3.4 / 5 (7) 0 |

Poaching on an "industrial" scale has slashed the elephant population in the countries of central Africa by nearly two-thirds, a group of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said on Friday.

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Apr 26, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0

(Phys.org) —A trio of Iowa State University researchers has predicted, in a paper published in The American Naturalist, that the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) faces extinction over the next century ...

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May 06, 2013 1.9 / 5 (12) 6 |

Plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack, UK scientists have discovered.

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May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Biologists have developed a new approach to identify major threats to the aquatic habitats that support freshwater life in drier parts of Australia.

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Apr 26, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo and Northern Illinois University have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region – the invasive plant European ...

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May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. It's the latest in a history of ant invasions ...

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this association between figs and humans, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 02, 2013 3.2 / 5 (6) 0 |

A sprawling landfill site containing 50 years of rubbish from six London boroughs has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve for rare birds, bees and reptiles.

Biology - Ecology

May 12, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0