Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University ...

Biology - Ecology

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring ecosystems, according to a theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience.

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era – some 380 million years ago – now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change, according to research ...

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —The impact an introduced species can have on Australian native animals should take into account possible long-term stress not just numbers of outright deaths, University of Sydney research has ...

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300kHz – the highest recorded frequency sensitivity ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 4 |

The roving coralgrouper, a predator fish of the tropical reef, uses sign language to advise fellow hunters of hiding prey, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 23, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0

(Phys.org) —University of Queensland researchers have found that sexiness doesn't have to be a burden, at least not if you're a male threadfin rainbowfish.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 5 |

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers in the United States has found evidence to suggest that global warming may be making snowshoe hare's more vulnerable to prey as the cycle of snow cover change in their ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 3.3 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org) —The Moon, water temperature and even time of day affect the diving behaviour of sharks, according to new research at The University of Western Australia.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Many terrestrial animals are frequently observed scavenging on other animals– whether it is a hyena stealing a lion kill in the Serengeti or a buzzard swooping down on a dead animal. However, documenting ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 10, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

Fledglings of a southern African bird species threaten suicide to blackmail their parents into bringing them more food, scientists said Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 09, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0

Sandia National Laboratories is developing a suite of complementary technologies to help the emerging algae industry detect and quickly recover from algal pond crashes, an obstacle to large-scale algae cultivation ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A University of Alberta researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Like a quiet neighborhood cut up by an expressway, northeastern forests are changing as pipelines and other structures crisscross them amid the region's gas drilling boom.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 1