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Researchers combine citizens' help and cutting-edge tech to track biodiversity
Researchers are using new technologies, including AI, as well as contributions from citizen scientists, to improve how we monitor and protect increasingly threatened habitats and species across Europe.
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'Dog-found' truffle: Researchers and canines discover two new truffle species
Michigan State University researchers—along with colleagues at the University of Florida, citizen scientists and their "truffle dogs"—have discovered two new species of truffle. The research was published in the journal ...
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Biologists shed light on the physiology and behavior of cormorants and anhingas
They are two of Florida's most iconic waterbirds, who look and behave similarly, but it turns out the anhinga and the double-crested cormorant are quite different, new research from the University of Miami indicates.
Plants & Animals
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Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm)
How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? Behavioral biologist Michelle Spierings and two students demonstrated that chimps can actually drum and move rhythmically—each following ...
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Climate change driving 'cost-of-living' squeeze in lizards
Desert lizards are facing a 'cost-of-living' squeeze as global temperatures continue to rise, a new study finds. For a lizard, the 'cost-of-living' is tightly linked to its body temperature, which dictates both how much food ...
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Reinventing the South Florida seawall to help marine life, buffer rising seas
At the back of a million-dollar mansion under construction in Miami Beach, contractors are installing what may be the future first line of coastal defense from erosion and climate-driven sea-rise.
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Do offshore wind farms harm whales? Experts weigh in as Trump labels them 'dangerous'
In recent months, President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly said offshore wind turbines are harming, and perhaps killing, whales.
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Snakes in potted olive trees 'tip of the iceberg' of ornamental plant trade hazards, say researchers
Continental European snakes, geckos and Italian wall lizards are making their way to northern Europe undetected among imports of ornamental olive trees destined for gardens and green spaces.
Plants & Animals
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The secret lives of Phillip Island's divorcing penguins
Life isn't always a beach for Phillip Island's beloved penguins, who have been found to divorce their partners and find a new mate if they aren't satisfied with the number of young filling the nest—but it's a risky decision ...
Plants & Animals
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Magnolias and other threatened trees feeling the heat in Honduras
A new study has revealed the dramatic impact that rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns due to climate change could have on threatened tree species in Pico Bonito, the largest national park in Honduras.
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Where is Tahlequah? What we know about the mother orca and her calf
This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles.
Plants & Animals
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Seedling shuffle: Climate warming reshapes plant communities by changing the order of seed germination
Our world is warming, and how exactly that will affect our ecosystems is a critical question. As the climate shifts, plants and animals are already responding in some obvious ways—like your daffodils blooming a bit earlier ...
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Why citizen scientists are key in the fight against invasive species
Creating a biosecurity crisis is shockingly simple. In the 1850s, Jane Paterson, a settler near Albury planted seeds of a European plant with an attractive purple flower in her garden. She had no way of knowing that plant ...
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Jan 16, 2025
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Understanding pathogens and parasites—and the future of the planet
It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the environment by humans. Around the world, pathogens and parasites are responding to the changes in unexpected ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2025
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Should I stay or should I go? Study reveals when young fish leave their home
Shell-dwelling cichlids take intense care of their offspring, which they raise in abandoned snail shells. A team at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence used 3D-printed snail shells to find out what happens ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2025
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Sundews' secret to survival: Study reveals how carnivorous plants adapt to microhabitat challenges
Scientists have uncovered how sundews, Charles Darwin's favorite plant, become more carnivorous in certain habitats.
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2025
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Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving
A mussel bed along Northern California's Dillon Beach is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before Pearl Harbor was attacked and one was sent to fight in World ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2025
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Global study reveals relationship between wind speed and plant hydraulics
A research team from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) studied the global variability of plant hydraulics in relation to wind speed. Their findings are published in Nature Ecology & ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2025
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Genetic material in soil can indicate rare snake's presence
Scientists have developed a new method to monitor the elusive eastern indigo snake, the longest native snake in the United States. This innovative approach looks for traces of environmental DNA in soil samples and can significantly ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2025
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How hummingbird torpor allows for day-to-day survival in an uncertain environment
Hummingbirds are extremely small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 9,000 km (about 5,590 miles) a year. Their journeys are largely fueled by nectar, which is sipped from wildflowers and converted ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2025
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