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Overlooked tree crops are crucial for sustainable development, researchers say
Tree crops—for example, apple, cherry, olives, nuts, coffee, and cacao—cover more than 183 million hectares worldwide, yet remain largely overlooked in agricultural policies, despite their critical role in achieving the ...
Ecology
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Digitizing hope: Collaboration helps preserve species on brink of extinction with 3D imaging lab
The vaquita, which means "little cow" in Spanish, is the world's smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They also have the smallest range of any marine mammal; about 1,500 square miles within the northern Gulf ...
Ecology
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How lynx and wolf reintroductions to Britain could be shaped by preconceptions and psychology
Four lynx were recently and illegally released into the Scottish highlands in two separate incidents. The news prompted searchers to comb the Cairngorms region, the UK's biggest national park. People were warned not to approach ...
Ecology
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Seabirds make clever use of winds to plan foraging trips over hundreds of kilometers
Seabirds are the most threatened group of birds in the world. A new study led by researchers at Bangor University reveals the sophisticated decision-making seabirds known as Manx shearwaters must make to find fish at sea.
Plants & Animals
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Madagascar supports more unique plant life than any other island in the world according to new study
Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren't precise figures to quantify the diversity of plant life on islands. A study involving an international team of ...
Ecology
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Diversified cropping systems boost nitrogen supply but not soil carbon, ongoing field trial discovers
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn't one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.
Ecology
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The Dark Side of the ocean: New giant sea bug species named after Darth Vader
Giant isopods of the genus Bathynomus, which can reach more than 30 cm in length, are known as bọ biển or "sea bugs" in Vietnam. For the first time, one such species was described from Vietnamese waters and named Bathynomus ...
Plants & Animals
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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
Jan 13, 2025
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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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