By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians. In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Limiting the amount of warming experienced by the world's oceans in the future could buy some time for tropical coral reefs, say researchers from the University of Bristol.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —With only 14 percent of their original habitat remaining, native Colorado River cutthroat trout have been forced into isolation by habitat loss and invading non-native trout in relatively short reaches of high-altitude ...

Biology - Ecology

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With ocean life facing unprecedented threat from climate change, overfishing, pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction, a University of Florida researcher is helping coordinate national efforts to monitor marine ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

A series of papers in scientific journals has established a general framework for the biogeographical evolution of palms.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Murdoch University researchers will be placing GPS tracking devices on six emus to track their movements and habits in jarrah forest at Avon National Park.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —New research from Macquarie University suggests that arid zone reptiles could struggle to find suitable homes as a result of human induced climate change.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

A major meeting of governments on threats to endangered species on Thursday rejected a ban on international trade in polar bears amid fears it would distract from the bigger threat of global warming.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), revealed in a new study, for the first time, the presence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Are plant-pollinator networks holding together as the insects and plants in the network are jostled by climate change and habitat loss?

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," is being added to the list of species threatened by climate change—a dubious distinction that puts it in the ranks ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 2.6 / 5 (5) 0

Coral reefs build their structures by both producing and accumulating calcium carbonate, and this is essential for the maintenance and continued vertical growth capacity of reefs. An international research ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 29, 2013 3.3 / 5 (6) 2 |

A new map of potential sea turtle nesting spots, including remote locations cut off by conflict, will help researchers track how the reptiles respond to climate change, turtle experts said today. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

A plunge in the world's population of frogs and toads may be blamed, at least in part, on farm pesticides, researchers in Germany said on Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 24, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 1