Canadian scientists uncover alarming invasion of round goby into Great Lakes tributaries: impact on endangered fishes likely to be serious.

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Aug 11, 2009 3.7 / 5 (9) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Your worst enemy can sometimes also be your best friend, according to entomologists from the University of Florida and Illinois State University.

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Mar 25, 2010 4.7 / 5 (7) 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Penn State weed scientist David Mortensen told members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee this summer that the government should restrict the use of herbicide-tolerant crops and impose ...

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Sep 14, 2010 4.7 / 5 (7) 12

Lodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that can thrive in cold temperatures and plays a key role in many western ecosystems, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change – and may almost ...

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Feb 28, 2011 3.7 / 5 (9) 20 |

A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and refined by two University of Chicago researchers in the current issue of Nature.

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Feb 19, 2012 4.1 / 5 (8) 4 |

Thousands of crustaceans were found dead off the coast of Lima following the mystery mass death of dolphins and pelicans, the Peruvian Navy said Friday.

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May 26, 2012 4.7 / 5 (7) 7

(Phys.org) -- Many simple models of plant response to warming climates predict vegetation to find cooler and/or wetter locations, generally moving upslope from their current positions.

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Aug 02, 2012 4.7 / 5 (7) 2 |

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta polar bear researcher along with eleven international co-authors are urging governments to start planning for rapid Arctic ecosystem change to deal with a climate change catastrophe for ...

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Feb 04, 2013 3.7 / 5 (9) 78

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 |

The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat -- not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made -- came ashore after puttering around Freshwater Bay. The waiting cops ...

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May 13, 2009 4.6 / 5 (7) 2

In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology.

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Aug 06, 2009 4.6 / 5 (7) 0

While Asian carp, gypsy moths and zebra mussels hog invasive-species headlines, many invisible invaders are altering ecosystems and flourishing outside of the limelight.

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Dec 07, 2010 4.6 / 5 (7) 2 |

A repellant for sea lampreys could be the key to better controlling one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes, says a Michigan State University researcher.

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Aug 06, 2011 4.6 / 5 (7) 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The increase in warmer and drier climates predicted to occur under climate change scenarios has led many scientists to also predict a global increase in the number of wildfires. But a new ...

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Apr 21, 2009 4.4 / 5 (7) 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Synchronicity in nature is seen in beating hearts, the flashing of fireflies' lights, the ebb and flow of infectious disease—and the simultaneous rise and fall of populations across vast ...

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Jul 22, 2009 3.9 / 5 (8) 3