Tale of fight to save New England's native rabbit
What is New England without the New England cottontail?
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2023
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Gulls pay attention to human eyes
Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner when they're being watched, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2020
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Meet Madagascar's oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar that scientists can trace directly back to when all of Earth's continents were joined together as part of the primeval supercontinent Pangea.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2017
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'Zero plant extinction' is possible, says plant ecologist
Like animals, many plant species are struggling to adapt to a human-dominated planet. However, plants are often overlooked in conservation efforts, even though they are cheaper and easier to protect than animals and play ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2023
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'Love hormone' oxytocin turns fierce lions into kittens
Here kitty kitty...
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2022
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New study: Industry conservation ethic proves critical to Gulf of Maine lobster fishery
A new study, led by scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and colleagues at the University of Maine and NOAA, demonstrates how conservation practices championed by Maine lobstermen help make the lobster fishery ...
Ecology
Jan 22, 2018
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Most species of 'world's largest flower' risk extinction: study
Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, new research warned Wednesday.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2023
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State of the world's plants and fungi report: 3 in 4 undescribed plant species already threatened with extinction
RBG Kew's fifth State of the World's report, published today, lays out the current condition of the world's plants and fungi globally. Based on the work of 200 international researchers and covering the content of more than ...
Ecology
Oct 9, 2023
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New world map for overcoming climate change
Using data from the world's ecosystems and predictions of how climate change will impact them, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and Stanford University have produced a roadmap ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2013
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Life at the top: Scientists find first molecular clues behind high-altitude adaptation in gelada monkeys
Amongst the high mountain meadows and grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau stands one primate, the gelada–the "bleeding heart" monkey named for its brilliant red chest. Geladas are the last of their kind, having outlived ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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