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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News tagged with native habitat
Restoring biodiversity in deforested ranches one tree at a time
For decades, there has been a debate raging in conservation science: what is better when it comes to conservation or landscape rehabilitation: a single large or several small habitat areas?
Ecology
Dec 21, 2022
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New research into the embryo health of captive-bred Southern Corroboree frogs
It is estimated that 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction as a result of human activity.
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2022
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To prevent the next pandemic, restore wildlife habitats
Preserving and restoring natural habitats could prevent pathogens that originate in wildlife from spilling over into domesticated animals and humans, according to two new companion studies.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2022
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Study: Brain evolution is linked to competition
In response to a high-competition environment, Trinidadian killifish evolve larger brains, increasing their fitness and survival rates, according to a new study in Ecology Letters by biologists at The University of Texas ...
Evolution
Oct 20, 2022
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Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals—but not all
Brad Seibel still remembers the headlines from 20 years ago that sounded like a B-rated sci-fi movie: "Invasion of the jumbo squid in Monterey Bay" and the like. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2022
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Carbon market could offset Australia's huge fire recovery bill
Scientists have put a dollar figure on the cost of recovery and restoration of native flora and fauna after the 2019–2020 summer bushfires.
Environment
Aug 16, 2022
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Habitat survey sheds light on survival of mule deer
Huge-eared and inquisitive, mule deer are an iconic species found just about anywhere there's vegetation in the Western U.S.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2022
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Rebound for bird on brink of extinction
A recent survey in northern Victoria uncovered a record number of plains wanderers—small, quail-like birds that live only in eastern Australia grasslands, and represent an ancient lineage of birds that evolved in Gondwana ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2022
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Light technology recreates 'log castles' to save homeless lizards
Wooden "castles" that house families of endangered Western Spiny-tailed Skinks attract feral and native predators, as Curtin researchers use light-detection technology to re-create their habitat in a potential game-changer ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2022
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