New way to check if turtles are 'fat and happy'
A groundbreaking technique developed by a JCU researcher could revolutionize how we measure the health of sea turtles and other threatened species.
A groundbreaking technique developed by a JCU researcher could revolutionize how we measure the health of sea turtles and other threatened species.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2023
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Plant ecologists have identified a number of functional traits that indicate where species fall along an ecological strategy spectrum from acquisitive to conservative species. Plant architecture and allometries are indicative ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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Destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts for vent fields hundreds of kilometers away, suggests a new paper published in Ecology and Evolution.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2023
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Despite similarities with other Neotropical biomes like the Caatinga (a mosaic of scrub with patches of seasonally dry forest in Northeast Brazil) and Cerrado (savanna in Central Brazil), the Gran Chaco, or simply Chaco, ...
Evolution
Feb 13, 2023
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Over the past decade, there has been a growing awareness that environmental and life science fields need to diversify their teaching syllabi. Many have suggested highlighting Black women scholars, hidden figures in the fields, ...
Education
Jan 30, 2023
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A new study confounds conceptions about the origins of the Saimaa ringed seal. In addition, scientists have observed that the genetic diversity of the Saimaa ringed seal decreased in the 20th century as a result of human ...
Evolution
Jan 30, 2023
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It is not exactly a surprise that climate affects life on Earth. At least major changes in climate make a difference. We know that not all species thrive everywhere on the planet.
Evolution
Jan 20, 2023
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A new study led by the University of Liverpool has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those with more sprightly partners so that their mate has a shorter wait without ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2022
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Puffins lose the ability to fly for up to two months every year—twice as long as previously believed. Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) suggest the seabirds are vulnerable to winter storms due to their inability ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2022
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Southeast Asia is a melting pot of otters that are very difficult to monitor in the wild. A research team has developed and tested a novel, accurate, and affordable DNA-based method to reliably identify three endemic Asian ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2022
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