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Wind turbines impair bats' access to water in agricultural landscapes, study finds
Bats depend on open bodies of water such as small ponds and lakes for foraging and drinking. Access to water is particularly important for survival in the increasingly hot and dry summers caused by climate change, the time ...
Plants & Animals
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Polygamy is (not) for the birds: How different mating practices shape evolution and survival
Researchers at Rice University have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time.
Evolution
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Planting soybean green proves effective for waterhemp and Palmer amaranth suppression
Recently published research in the journal Weed Science shows that planting soybeans in a green, living cover crop provides effective control for some of the nation's most troublesome weeds when integrated with pre-emergence ...
Ecology
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Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today
Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, McGill research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed.
Ecology
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Great Barrier Reef fish evidence suggests shifts in major global biodiversity patterns
Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals.
Plants & Animals
17 hours ago
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Scientists resolve 'identity crisis' for Australia's deadliest spider
An international team of scientists has revised the classification of Australia's most famous spider. With a bite more deadly to humans than that of any other spider, the iconic Sydney funnel-web has long been considered ...
Plants & Animals
17 hours ago
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Genetic diversity in Alaska's red king crab may provide climate change resilience
New genetic research on the Alaska red king crab reveals previously undiscovered diversity among different regions, suggesting the species is more resilient to climate change and changing ocean conditions.
Ecology
17 hours ago
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Ecologists reveal key genetic insights for conservation of iconic cockatoo species
Ecologists at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made valuable discoveries that could transform the conservation of two iconic cockatoo species: the Sulfur-crested cockatoos and the ...
Ecology
18 hours ago
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Can predator presence help native species survive?
A study by The University of Western Australia found that maintaining some predation pressure in havens gave native fauna improved chances of survival when they were released into the wild.
Ecology
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Mother orca Tahlequah still carries dead calf after 11 days
Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for at least 11 days.
Plants & Animals
20 hours ago
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Apex predators captured in Canada to be flown to Colorado and released
Wildlife experts are in the process of capturing gray wolves from Canada in order to release them in Colorado, effectively doubling the state's small, recently reintroduced population.
Ecology
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Study challenges a major theory on why some kangaroos mysteriously went extinct
The extinction of the megafauna—giant marsupials that lived in Australia until 60,000 to 45,000 years ago—is a topic of fierce debate. Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants left some species susceptible ...
Evolution
Jan 12, 2025
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Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles
On a barge hundreds of meters off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.
Ecology
Jan 12, 2025
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Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu
Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Pacific island nations are the only countries that remain free of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Ecology
Jan 11, 2025
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Young trees may be adapting to less-abundant rainfall, researchers suggest
What does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world. In Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe, drought ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2025
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Shallow waters and fast currents boost elkhorn coral restoration
To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists at the University of Miami NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2025
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Brightly colored creature—kept in pet aquariums globally—discovered as new species
Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly colored creature moved around in an aquarium. Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen—and discovered it was a new species.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2025
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Bird deaths plummet at Chicago's McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2025
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Study shows bird flight paths through two proposed Bass Strait wind farms
A world-first study of birds migrating across Bass Strait has shown they traveled directly through zones earmarked for the federal government's two declared offshore wind farms.
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2025
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New research refutes notion that prehistoric kangaroos ran out of food due to specialized diets
Prehistoric kangaroos in southern Australia had a more general diet than previously assumed, giving rise to new ideas about their survival and resilience to climate change, and the final extinction of the megafauna, a new ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2025
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