An indigenous farming technique that's been around for thousands of years provides the basis for restoring rain forests stripped clear of trees by gold mining and other threats.
Ecology
Aug 30, 2019
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It might be one of nature's most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won't harm an insect that literally leaves a bad taste in its mouth, according to new research by a team of Wake Forest University sensory ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2019
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The male Nazca booby, a large seabird of the Galápagos Islands, often outlives the domineering female of the species, according to new research from Wake Forest University published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology. ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2019
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Small-scale gold mining has destroyed more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon in the past five years, according to a new analysis by scientists at Wake Forest University's Center for Amazonian ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2018
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When the male bearded manakin snaps its wings at lightning speed, it's more than part of an elaborate, acrobatic mating ritual. The tiny muscle doing the heavy lifting is also the reason this exotic bird has evolved into ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2018
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Fires in the African savannah – planned by national park staff to regenerate the preferred grasses of grazers such as wildebeests and zebras – are killing the few foods that endangered black rhinos love to eat.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2018
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Organizations are eager to find innovative workers because of their ability to see opportunities for improvement in areas that might otherwise go overlooked. But research shows that if these innovative employees are women, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2018
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Giving someone the "silent treatment" during courtship might not be the best strategy for romance. But, new research shows hoary bats fly with little or no echolocation at all as a possible mating-related behavior.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2018
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Pope Francis' visit to Peru on Jan. 15-22 takes him to the epicenter of the country's informal and often illegal gold mining industry – the subject of groundbreaking environmental research by Wake Forest University scientists.
Environment
Jan 22, 2018
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A new method for capturing radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is cheaper and more effective than current methods, a potential boon for the energy industry, according to new research published in the journal Nature ...
Materials Science
Oct 5, 2017
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