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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Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and the authentication of human faces, but scientists believe they've found a new use for it—saving seals.
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2022
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Ecologists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed vital clues for how we can best support Ireland's precious pollinators after interrogating a ten-year dataset containing information from 119 sites across the country.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2022
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We need to stop thinking of insects as creepy crawlies and focus on the huge benefits they bring to people and the natural environment, scientists say.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2022
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In June of 2020, Stephen Gosser, a self-described "diehard birder," was out in the woods of Western Pennsylvania when he thought he heard the song of the elusive and strikingly beautiful scarlet tanager. The blood-red bird ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2022
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Researchers from Uppsala University and elsewhere have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2022
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When it comes to showing affection towards people, many dogs are naturals. Now, a new study in the journal Ecology and Evolution reports that the remarkable ability to show attachment behavior toward human caregivers also ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2022
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Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2022
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New research by Flinders University scientists sheds new light on the reasons why two species of dolphins coexist in the northern Australian waters.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2022
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People are becoming "disconnected from the botanical world" at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists.
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2022
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