Birds originated from a group of small, meat-eating theropod dinosaurs called maniraptorans sometime around 150 million years ago. Recent findings from around the world show that many maniraptorans were very bird-like, with ...
Archaeology
Sep 18, 2013
0
0
Recent droughts in the Amazon rainforest have effects that persist long after the rains have returned, a new study has shown.
Environment
Feb 7, 2013
0
0
The idea of the heat island—that densely built-up urban areas are considerably hotter than the rural and semi-rural landscapes that surround them—has been extensively studied and is widely accepted by academics and the ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2019
2
704
Pandas living in a reserve near the epicentre of China's weekend quake clambered up trees in panic as their forest home was jolted, but none were injured, officials said Monday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2013
0
0
If Italy's fashion capital has a predominant color, it is gray—not only because of the blocks of neoclassical stone buildings for which the city is celebrated, but also due to its often-gray sky, which traps pollution.
Environment
Dec 9, 2018
4
16
The conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way these ecosystems function, according to a new study published in Nature. The findings provide the first insights ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2024
0
96
The enormous trees forming rainforest canopies bear little resemblance to their seedlings, many described for the first time in the new field guide, "Seedlings of Barro Colorado Island and the Neotropics," published in July ...
Other
Jun 26, 2009
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- While most of us could find no better use for Google Earth than checking out a holiday destination, scientists in Sydney have shown it can reveal a lot about the behaviour of marine life on the Great Barrier ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2011
0
0
Severe wildfires have become annual events in the United States. The years 2020 and 2021 were the worst in wildfire history in California. Other states—and countries—are at risk as well. Climate change is making wildfires ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
0
12
A new study from the rainforests of Panama provides an unprecedented level of detail regarding the diversity and distribution of arthropod species from the soil to the forest canopy. Yves Basset, scientific coordinator of ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2012
0
0
