University of Adelaide researchers are working with the Australian nursery industry to produce 'designer eucalypts' more suitable for our home gardens and urban landscapes than many trees currently available.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

UK wildlife is already feeling the effects of climate change, scientists say. According to a report out on Thursday, with input from many of the UK's top environmental scientists, many species are now found ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 09, 2013 3.9 / 5 (7) 0

Strapped to Billy Bullard's hip was a machete he'd bought at a yard sale. In his fist were 4-foot-long metal snake tongs. Attached to the tongs was a high-resolution waterproof camera he called a "snake-cam."

Biology - Ecology

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Biologists have found that blue tits, great tits and other native birds have learnt to peck away the tips of the galls formed by invading oak gall wasps and eat the juicy larvae inside, which are rich in ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

A campaign to eradicate New Zealand's cats as a way of protecting native wildlife has raised the hackles of pet lovers, with critics leaping to the defence of their feline friends.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1

(Phys.org)—In Missouri forests, dense thickets of invasive honeysuckle decrease the light available to other plants, hog the attention of pollinators, and offer nutrient-stingy berries to migrating birds. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 17, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Indiana University researchers have found evidence that a species of songbird that recently colonized an urban environment exhibits less stress and bolder behavior as compared to counterparts ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 03, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Australian cities can keep their native wildlife – but only if they can kick their habit of urban sprawl.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

As native birds continue to lose their homes due to the spread of the Australia's cities, scientists are urging city planners and householders to help save them by planting more Australian trees.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Rats' keen sense of smell can be exploited to dramatically reduce their attacks on native birds, researchers from the University of Sydney have shown. The technique could be adapted to protect ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

As the implementation of green roofs increase, a University of Cincinnati pilot study examined which plants best thrive on the region's roofs during the dry, hot conditions of summer.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 15, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A recent study of residential landscape types and native bird communities in Phoenix, Ariz., led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst urban ecologist suggests that yards mimicking native vegetation and ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Nowadays, an increasing number of rivers and lakes are being invaded by exotic snails, which come from remote regions, and even other continents. Such species represent a threat to native species, as they ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

University of Florida researchers curating a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python, the largest found in Florida, discovered 87 eggs in the snake, also a state record.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 13, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 11 |

Biologists Leonard Freed and Rebecca Cann from the University of Hawaii at Manoa have been studying birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge for 20 years. Located on an old cattle ranch on the windward ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 23, 2012 not rated yet 0