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Environment Sep 25, 2023

Ontario's Greenbelt: A step in the right direction, but is it enough to protect biodiversity?

Doug Ford has announced that he's reversing his controversial plan to remove lands from Ontario's Greenbelt, following a massive public outcry and the resignation of two of his ministers.

Plants & Animals Sep 13, 2023

Study finds more Texas owls are testing positive for rat poisons

New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR)—blood thinning rat poisons—in their systems. Jennifer Smith, a professor of integrative biology in the UTSA College of Sciences, ...

Ecology Sep 11, 2023

Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos island

Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the Galapagos archipelago where Charles Darwin developed his theory ...

Plants & Animals Sep 7, 2023

Who's that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off

I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when I realized I wasn't as alone as I'd thought.

Ecology Sep 4, 2023

Belgium struggles with spread of 'invasive' raccoons

Belgian forest ranger Thierry Petit can barely keep pace with call outs to deal with raccoons, a North American species branded an invasive threat to Europe's indigenous wildlife.

Plants & Animals Aug 31, 2023

Global biodiversity: Why the proposed changes to Ontario's Greenbelt matter

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government continues to be tied up in a massive scandal over its plans to remove lands from Ontario's Greenbelt—including the integrity commissioner's finding that the housing minister broke ethics ...

Social Sciences Aug 31, 2023

Evidence shows that, in love, opposites don't actually attract

Despite some conventional wisdom to the contrary, opposites don't actually attract.

Plants & Animals Aug 28, 2023

New audio technique used for census of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada ecosystem

For the first time, researchers have estimated the spotted owl population across the entire Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The analysis, which was led by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Cornell Lab ...

Plants & Animals Aug 27, 2023

Rat poison is killing our beloved native owls and tawny frogmouths. And that's the tip of the iceberg

There's nothing quite like having a rodent problem in your home. Most people will do anything to get rid of them.

Plants & Animals Aug 21, 2023

Europe's wild bird species are on the brink, but there are ways to bring them back

Almost two out of every five species of wild bird are of conservation concern across Europe, according to an updated and comprehensive assessment of their population status. That means these species are declining and becoming ...

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