Tasmanian devils have just broken the laws of scavenging
If there's one thing that scavengers do, it's scavenge: feed on whatever is available, whenever it's available.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2022
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Ecology and Evolution
Tracking of nearctic seabirds surprises scientists with diverse migratory paths from shared breeding site
As the Arctic and the oceans warm due to climate change, understanding how a rapidly changing environment may affect birds making annual journeys between the Arctic and the high seas is vital to international conservation ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2021
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Precopulatory oral sex found in darkling beetles
A team of researchers from China, the U.K. and the U.S. has found that a species of darkling beetles engage in oral sex prior to copulating. In their paper published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the group describes ...
New sensing technologies to study elusive flying bats
How can we understand the activity of wild bats? Mostly soundless, flying in the dark, bats feed at night and evade our senses. Many bats can use echolocation to hunt and can avoid the traditional nets used to capture them; ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2021
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Survey shows huge bird population drop in Europe and the UK over past 40 years
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.K. and one in the Czech Republic has found huge losses in bird numbers in the U.K. and Europe over the past 40 years. In their paper published in the journal ...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found by River Cam
Researchers are highlighting the importance of basic personal hygiene, such as hand washing, after finding significant levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wild bird feces at locations close to the River Cam in Cambridgeshire.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2021
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Safeguarding genetic diversity of England's oldest established horse breed
The study, involving researchers at Nottingham Trent University, has focused on minimizing relatedness amongst the rare breed by supporting breeders with historical information about individual horses' kinship via their pedigree ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2021
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Renaturing insects in urban backyards
Insects in our environment are unsung heroes. These 'mini-beasts' are often inconspicuous, but they may have a huge impact on the health of ecosystems that sustain humanity.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2021
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After California's 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were 'still smoldering'
When a massive wildfire tears through a landscape, what happens to the animals?
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2021
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Primates' ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid
When an asteroid struck 66 million years ago and wiped out dinosaurs not related to birds and three-quarters of life on Earth, early ancestors of primates and marsupials were among the only tree-dwelling (arboreal) mammals ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2021
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