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Drug pollution in water is making salmon take more risks
"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety medications to antibiotics, don't simply vanish after leaving our bodies. Many are not fully removed ...
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Rising popularity of otters fuels illegal wildlife trafficking in Japan
The fuzzy and adorable otter has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years. These aquatic mammals are friendly, playful, and make cute cooing sounds, so their social media stardom seems only natural.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2025
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Integrating genomics with traditional fieldwork and morphology is essential for Lauraceae research, say scientists
Lauraceae, a globally significant woody plant family, encompasses ecologically critical and economically valuable species such as cinnamon, avocado, and bay laurel. While substantial progress has been made in deciphering ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2025
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Añana Saltern microorganisms help to clarify the groundwater flow pattern
The MicroIker group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has explored the diversity and distribution of unicellular organisms in the springs of the Añana Salt Valley. The study is published in the journal Microbial ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2025
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'Internet of nature' helps researchers explore the web of life
A novel paper led by Dr. Ulrich Brose of the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena is widening the understanding of how species interact within ecosystems via ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2025
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Fatou, the world's oldest gorilla in a zoo, is celebrating her 68th birthday in Berlin
Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style.
Ecology
Apr 11, 2025
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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats—but where's the evidence?
In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope with changed conditions and introduced enemies."
Ecology
Apr 11, 2025
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What's contaminating Tampa Bay's fish? These scientists are angling for answers
In a hidden pocket of Tampa Bay mangrove forest, Steve Murawski's team of scientists caught a Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook. At 22 inches and with a jet-black line running horizontally across its body, the snook ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2025
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Here's how smart designs can help prevent losing our wildlife to benches and ballparks
Across the United States, more than 440 national parks and 7,400 urban parks offer a variety of recreational green spaces for people and pets.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Global fisheries' nutrient extraction threatens ocean ecosystems and productivity, study finds
The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in the depletion of over 560 million tons of essential nutrients vital to ecosystem health, new research ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Non‐native species found to have higher consumption rates than their native counterparts
A meta-analysis of scientific studies, published in Biological Reviews has investigated differences in resource use efficiency between native and non-native species.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Rock outcrops found to boost soil function in mountain ecosystems—but size matters
Rock outcrops, long regarded as passive geological features, may play an active and crucial role in shaping soil function in mountain ecosystems, according to a new study published on March 31 in Functional Ecology.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Intuition guides farmers toward better decision-making, but remains a taboo
In Finland, farmers who have transitioned to regenerative agriculture perceive intuition as something that leads to better decision-making, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. However, intuition also ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Hantavirus hotspots revealed: Six new rodent species identified as carriers
Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little is commonly known about it other than its connection to rodents.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Census shows high number of brown bears in Romania
A census of brown bears using DNA for the first time has revealed that up to 13,000 of the protected species are living in Romania, much more than the 8,000 previously estimated, the government announced on Thursday.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Venom characteristics of a deadly snake can be predicted from local climate
Local climate can be used to predict the venom characteristics of a deadly snake that is widespread in India, helping clinicians to provide targeted therapies for snake bite victims, according to a study published in PLOS ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2025
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Pharmaceutical pollution alters migration behavior in salmon, study shows
In the largest study of its kind to date, a team of international researchers has investigated how pharmaceutical pollution affects the behavior and migration of Atlantic salmon. The study, "Pharmaceutical pollution influences ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2025
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Bumblebee survival: Keeping killer moths at bay with strategic hive spacing
A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella. The researchers discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2025
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Two new tapeworm species discovered in wild oval squid
Researchers from the Physics and Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have discovered two species of tapeworms, or cestodes, in the guts and stomachs of wild-caught oval squid (Sepiotheutis ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2025
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Who eats whom? New model for marine food webs calculates predator-prey relationships more precisely
Marine food webs are highly complex. Until now, researchers have been unable to understand exactly how they are affected by climate change, overfishing and other threats. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2025
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