The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology Letters the process was not started by our own species but ...
Evolution
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Sanitary care in ants to fight disease is known to improve the wellbeing of the colony, yet it has been unclear how social disease defense interferes with pathogen competition inside the individual host body. In their recent ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2020
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In the world of squirrels, moving away from your home turf has better outcomes for males than for females, according to a new study by University of Alberta ecologists.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2019
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North American migratory birds have been getting smaller over the past four decades, and their wings have gotten a bit longer. Both changes appear to be responses to a warming climate.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2019
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Birds are the only group of vertebrate animals to have repeatedly evolved smaller testes over time according to a new study.
Evolution
Dec 3, 2019
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Human population density and land use is causing changes in animal genetic diversity, according to researchers at McGill University.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2019
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As one descends a mountain, the temperature steadily increases. A new study by a team including Andrew Nottingham, a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and post-doctoral fellow at the ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2019
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How do big-game animals know where to migrate across hundreds of miles of vast Wyoming landscapes year after year?
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2019
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Most birds remain the same color year-round, replacing their feathers only once a year.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2019
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Wild African elephants, known for their intelligence, show markedly different movements and reactions to the same risks and resources. A new study led by Colorado State University and Save the Elephants reveals the magnitude ...
Ecology
Aug 20, 2019
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