Urban myth has it that a frog placed in cold water that's brought to the boil will not react, dying a horrible death. Clearly this is a fallacy, yet climate change is forcing a similar predicament for mountain frog species ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2022
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Recent advances in wildlife tracking techniques have enabled large-scale data collection on the detailed movements of many animal species. The application of these approaches has revealed new insights into how animals use ...
Ecology
Feb 17, 2022
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If there is an animal emblematic of the northern winter, it is the snowshoe hare.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2016
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A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America's most endangered ecosystems.
Ecology
May 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Do mothers invest more care in their sons if they believe their child is destined to be a king, president or a high-powered leader?
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2013
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Using the meticulous phenological records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, scientists have demonstrated that native plants in the eastern United States are flowering as much as a month ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2013
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Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, City University of New York, and other organizations have published the first range-wide genetic analysis of the bowhead whale using ...
Evolution
Oct 19, 2012
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Small furry mammals partial to a daily dose of hibernation in winter are probably extending their lifespan at the same time, according to a study published Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2011
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Scientists from the University of Helsinki together with colleagues from other universities and institutions around the world propose a strategy for integrating online digital data from media platforms to complement monitoring ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2024
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have studied the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird communities in tropical mountains, by examining over 10 years of data.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2024
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