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We've all seen the documentaries that feature scenes of mass migrations on land. Those videos are pretty impressive showing all sorts of animals—birds, mammals and other creatures—on the move. What wasn't known was to ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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Research published in the journal Microbiology has found that a unique type of algae, usually only seen on the shells of turtles, affects the surrounding microbial communities.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2020
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According to a new study, zebra finches exposed to low levels of environmental PCBs as nestlings show changes in breeding behavior as adults. The study published in the journal PLoS ONE was conducted by scientists at the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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Local community involvement is vital in efforts to raise water levels to help restore Indonesia's tropical peatlands, a new study has found.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2020
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Researchers in Nigeria are investigating how organic composting of cow rumen and vegetable waste affects macro-invertebrate populations at a market composting site. Composting is an important way to deal with such waste and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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A global analysis of over 300 marine species spanning more than 100 years, shows that mammals, plankton, fish, plants and seabirds have been changing in abundance as our climate warms.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2020
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The increase in the CO2 concentration of the atmosphere does not compensate the negative effect of greenhouse gas-induced climate change on trees: The more extreme drought and heat become, the less do trees profit from the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) have reported in a paper published in the journal Oikos that bats forage on their own in insect-rich forests, but hunt collectively in groups ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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More than 2000 renewable energy facilities are built in areas of environmental significance and threaten the natural habitats of plant and animal species across the globe.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2020
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Authorities called Wednesday for worried Peruvians to stop killing bats after rescuing 200 that were going to be burnt by peasants believing them to be spreading the coronavirus.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2020
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There's no denying the grandeur and allure of a nature reserve or marine protected area. The concept is easy to understand: limit human activity there and marine ecosystems will thrive.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2020
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A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales, and other marine mammals, and even bigger fish such as Atlantic sturgeon, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2020
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A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with the difficulties of humanity's increasingly chaotic cities—either by having large brains or through more ...
Evolution
Mar 25, 2020
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An analysis out of the University of Georgia details the relationship between consumer awareness and the attentiveness and care given to pollinator-friendly plant purchases.
Ecology
Mar 24, 2020
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Men are more prone to competitive risk taking and violent behavior, so what happens when the number of men is greater than the number of women in a population?
Evolution
Mar 24, 2020
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With 3,000 known species and thousands more left to describe, the wasps of the subfamily Microgastrinae are the single most important group of parasitoids attacking the larvae of butterflies and moths, many of which are economically ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2020
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The horn of Africa, located in the northeast of Africa, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, is one of the global biodiversity hotspots recognized by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2020
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What determines species diversity remains a big challenge. Despite many studies support a latitudinal diversity gradient for the plants and animals, there are still limited evidence to test whether microbial diversity follow ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2020
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An international team of researchers has found evidence that shows female mammals besides humans also live longer than males. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes ...
Researchers from Curtin University have used next generation DNA sequencing to learn more about the different species of plants, insects and animals present in the Pilbara and Perth regions of Western Australia.
Ecology
Mar 24, 2020
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