Thanks to studies of a fish that gives birth to live young and is not fished commercially, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that food availability is a critical limiting factor in the health ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A study published in Science magazine and co-authored by Bren School Sustainable Fisheries Group (SFG) researchers and their colleagues confirms suspicions that thousands of "data-poor" fisheries, representing some 80 per ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 27, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

The old adage "you are what you eat" is helping scientists better understand the threatened loggerhead turtle, which is the primary nester on Central Florida's beaches.

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Sep 21, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Artificially created salt marshes are no substitute for natural ones, hosting fewer kinds of plant and often ending up overrun by just a few species, scientists have shown.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 20, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 2 |

(Phys.org)—At first glance, the northern muriqui monkey is a prime conservation success story.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—The orientation of a diagram on the page of a textbook may seem inconsequential, but it can have a significant impact on a reader's ability to comprehend the information as presented, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 18, 2012 not rated yet 6 |

The Little Ice Age allowed a new wave of arctic foxes to colonise Iceland, according to new research.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Mange and viral diseases have a substantial, recurring impact on the health and size of reintroduced wolf packs living in Yellowstone National Park, according to ecologists.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—A slew of researchers working for the US Environmental Protection Agency have found that the best way to clear public beaches of bird guano and the hazardous bacteria that result, is to unleash ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 07, 2012 4.9 / 5 (7) 22 |

Bottom trawling is dramatically altering the ocean floor and harming habitats, similar to the way that farming has permanently changed the landscape, a study said on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 05, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 2

Tigers don't have a reputation for being accommodating, but a new study indicates that the feared and revered carnivores in and around a world-renowned park in Nepal are taking the night shift to better coexist ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 03, 2012 4.3 / 5 (7) 2 |

A new study, by scientists from the Universities of York, Glasgow and Leeds, involving analysis of fossil and geological records going back 540 million years, suggests that biodiversity on Earth generally increases as the ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 03, 2012 4.3 / 5 (9) 18 |

(Phys.org)—Dan Watson, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, has won the UK leg of the James Dyson award for his innovative fishing net rings that light up and guide smaller fish through nets meant for larger ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 31, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2 |

(Phys.org)—A coral species that is found in abundance from Indonesia eastward to Fiji, Samoa, and the Line Islands rarely crosses the Eastern Pacific Barrier toward the coast of the Americas, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The authors of a Harvard study published today in Nature Climate Change gathered their data from an unlikely source—the trip accounts of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club. Over the past 19 years, the am ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 19, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |