A new study, published in Acta Oecologia, says many of the most damning claims about invaders are not backed up with hard evidence. This might be skewing priorities when it comes to dealing with them.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 10, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

An Iberian lynx has been photographed in western Portugal following an incredible 250 kilometre journey from Spain, reports Portugal's Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry (ICNF).

Biology - Ecology

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The Obama administration is proposing to end recovery efforts for gray wolves across most of the U.S. and return management to the states.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 07, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —A Kansas State University researcher is discovering that the North American drought has caused dramatic changes in native fish communities.

Biology - Ecology

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Many animals are able to discriminate between related and unrelated individuals but how they do so has proven remarkably difficult to understand. Joachim Frommen and colleagues at the University of Veterinary ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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A new peer reviewed data paper describes a unique database spanning the full range of indigenous and exotic ants occurring in Belgium. The paper, published in the open access journal Zookeys analyses the hi ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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A new species of meat-eating plant was identified in Japan last month – but it is only one of more than 600 species of carnivorous plant around the world. ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 06, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Breakthrough research has shown a species of marine algae commonly found along Australia's rocky shores may be able to adapt to increasing air and seawater temperatures, providing insight into ...

Biology - Ecology

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(Phys.org) —University of Adelaide researchers have developed a simple and cost-effective DNA test to identify kangaroo species from their droppings which will boost the ability to manage and conserve kangaroo populations.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Efforts to restore sturgeon in the Great Lakes region have received a lot of attention in recent years, and many of the news stories note that the prehistoric-looking fish are "living fossils" virtually unchanged ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 06, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

We don't just share our lives with animals; we are animals – a reality that we often choose to forget in modern Western culture. Research published in the June special issue of SAGE journal, Social Science Information (SSI), ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 05, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3

A new species of tiny blenniiform fish has been discovered in the biodiversity rich waters of the southern Caribbean. Haptoclinus dropi is only around 2cm in length with a beautiful color pattern that includ ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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A new species of scorpion Tityus (Atreus) crassicauda has been discovered from the extraordinarily biodiversity rich region of the Ecuadorian Andes. The intriguing new species is classed as medium sized, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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The world's last passenger pigeons perished a century ago. But a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based research project could send them flocking into the skies again, using genetic engineering to restore the once-abundant species and ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

At the phylum level, the number and diversity of unknown microbes still far outnumber those being studied. Metagenomics and single-cell genomics are tools helping researchers learn more about the "biological ...

Biology - Biotechnology

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