A new research paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences identifies locations of bats that may host coronavirus based on climate, native forests, and caves where these bats inhabit.
Ecology
May 25, 2022
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Forest bird nestlings are significantly smaller and more likely to die as a result of extreme heat compared to their urban counterparts, reports a new study. This research is among the first to measure the joint impact of ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise. That could tell us a ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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A leading ecologist from the University of St Andrews calls for coordinated action to investigate the environmental impacts of humanity's emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment
Mar 15, 2022
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Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals—short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form—have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published research paper supports the ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2022
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Fishermen have always competed to get the biggest fish. New research show that this has a negative, long term impact on the whole ecosystem.
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2022
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Scientists studying the evolution of birth in lizards, from egg-laying to live births, have pinpointed the evolutionary genes from which the species is evolving to 'build' a new mode of reproduction.
Evolution
Oct 8, 2021
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The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five times after the devastating Black Summer bushfires in 2019-20, new research led by Flinders University has found.
Ecology
Oct 1, 2021
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New research led by the University of Oxford, published in Conservation Letters, has examined the conflict between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals, using the experience of fisheries on the west coast of South America ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2021
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New research shows how deforestation and population growth have greatly impacted landslide risk in the Kivu Rift. This is what researchers from KU Leuven, the Royal Museum for Central Africa and ULB established from an analysis ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2021
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