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Plants & Animals Jul 21, 2026

Listening in on toads reveals expansion secrets

Analysis of more than 3 million toad calls from locations across Australia gives rare insights into toad breeding behavior—and offers new hope for halting their advance. James Cook University ecology researchers discovered ...

Ecology Jul 21, 2026

New wasp species named after Ernest Hemingway amid efforts to control destructive sugar beet pest

Earth remains full of undiscovered species and unexplored interactions that continue to fascinate us, including, in the most ordinary places, the fields where our food is grown.

Ecology Jul 16, 2026

Devastating Asian beetle detected in EU for first time

A tiny Asian-origin beetle that has devastated ash forests in North America has been detected in the European Union for the first time, in Hungary and Slovakia, authorities said.

Environment Jul 16, 2026

Small but mighty dung beetles take a big bite out of farm methane

Dung beetles are quietly performing a vital climate change mitigation service for Australia's livestock sector, slashing methane emissions from cattle manure by 85%, a new Southern Cross University study has found.

Agriculture Jul 14, 2026

What is no‑till farming, and is it actually better for the environment?

Humans have been turning seeds and soil into food for thousands of years.

Plants & Animals Jul 8, 2026

A hotter climate may lead to more same-sex mounting in corpse-eating beetles

New research suggests that heat stress increases the occurrence of same-sex sexual interactions between male burying beetles—but also that a surprising number of male–male encounters occur under control conditions. This ongoing ...

Ecology Jul 8, 2026

Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response. Three experts explain

Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds.

Plants & Animals Jul 7, 2026

Rare color shifting discovered in iconic Australian frog

University of Newcastle researchers have documented one of the clearest examples of iridescence ever recorded in an amphibian, revealing that the endangered green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) possesses intricate ...

Ecology Jul 7, 2026

Why Europe's trees are dying

In Europe, trees are increasingly dying prematurely. A new study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) on French forests now shows that it is not only drought but also unusually warm ...

Plants & Animals Jul 7, 2026

New beetle genus named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species

A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the open-access journal ZooKeys, officially establishing a new genus of rove beetle: Luffy gen. nov. The ...

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