In the pale winter darkness of northern Norway, a huge flock of seagulls circles above an Arctic fjord, signifying the presence of a group of unusual predators in the water below.
Ecology
Dec 17, 2021
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Most animals sync their body clocks to the daily rhythm of the sun, but what happens during the polar winter when the sun never rises above the horizon? According to a study by Jonathan Cohen at the University of Delaware ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2021
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It is the elephant in the genomics room: can extinct species be resurrected? One bioscience firm insists they can, announcing Monday its intent to use emerging technology to restore the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra.
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2021
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The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from McGill University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2021
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Climate change is proving a major risk to one of Canada's vital fish species according to new research published in Nature Climate Change.
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2021
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Animal species that are at home in the high mountains are finding their habitats reduced and fragmented by roads. In addition, they face competition from scavengers from lower boreal areas that find their way to the mountains.
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2020
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Snowshoe hare carcasses may provide a vital food source for a wide variety of species in Canada's boreal forest—including lynx, ravens, flying squirrels and even other hares, according to a new study by University of Alberta ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2020
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Based on previously released data and their own investigations, researchers at the St Petersburg University Laboratory of Macroecology and Biogeography of Invertebrates have assessed the diversity of freshwater molluscs in ...
Ecology
May 27, 2020
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Marine species are projected to decline in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans yet increase in Arctic waters—this, according to climate change scenarios created by researchers using state-of-the-art modeling.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2020
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In 2018, vast amounts of snow were spread across most of the Arctic region and did not melt fully until late summer, if at all. Publishing on October 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, researchers documented the ...
Ecology
Oct 15, 2019
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