(PhysOrg.com) -- The lone bull elephant is an image as iconic to the African savanna as the lonesome cowboy on horseback is to the American West. Although female elephants form tightly knit groups guided by a matriarch, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2011
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Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States.
Environment
May 11, 2009
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(Phys.org) —While unraveling a dramatic case of mind control, biologist David Hughes is taking calls from Hollywood—and gaining new insights into the role behavior plays in spreading disease.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2013
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To understand how climate change may affect species survival, we need to understand how climate influences their time-keeping.
Ecology
Aug 1, 2009
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Just as differences in song can be used to distinguish one bird species from another, the pips and squeaks bats use to find prey can be used to identify different species of bat. Now, for the first time, ecologists have developed ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2012
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We rely on our physical environment for many things – clean water, land for crops or pastures, storm water absorption, and recreation, among others. Yet it has been challenging to figure out how to sustain the many benefits ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2013
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If your summer travels have taken you across the Rocky Mountains, you've probably seen large swaths of reddish trees dotting otherwise green forests. While it may look like autumn has come early to the mountains, evergreen ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2010
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Consider this. It may be possible to eliminate some of the world's deadliest diseases, save 2.7 million human lives per year, and save millions more from getting sick…all that is needed is to cause the extinction of a couple ...
Ecology
Jul 5, 2016
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(AP) -- A frog species believed to be extinct has hopped back into sight in northern Israel.
Plants & Animals
Nov 18, 2011
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A team of leading marine scientists from around the world is recommending an end to most commercial fishing in the deep sea, the Earth's largest ecosystem. Instead, they recommend fishing in more productive waters nearer ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2011
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