Social Sciences
May 1, 2020
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
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Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2020
Researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows
An international team of evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and the Great ...
Ecology
Apr 23, 2020
As humanity hides from coronavirus, wildlife reclaims lost territory
Naturalist Gerry Hans stood in the middle of a lonely road in Griffith Park on Saturday, inhaled deeply though his face mask and admired the natural sights and sounds of an oddly serene landscape that typically draws thousands ...
Economics & Business
Apr 17, 2020
Economic recession: Can we deal with a new high in cybercrime and fraud?
With the coronavirus economic crisis deepening, experts at University of Portsmouth are warning it will lead to the highest levels of fraud and cybercrime ever recorded. There are also concerns that existing preventative ...
Evolution
Apr 6, 2020
Innovative birds are less vulnerable to extinction
Bird species that have the capacity to express novel foraging behaviours are less vulnerable to extinction than species that do not, according to a collaborative study involving McGill University and CREAF Barcelona and published ...
Evolution
Mar 25, 2020
Big brains or many babies: How birds can thrive in urban environments
A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with the difficulties of humanity's increasingly chaotic cities—either by having large brains or through more ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2020
Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and won't help now
After the summer's devastating bushfires, the New South Wales government announced a plan to airdrop one million poisoned baits in the state's most vulnerable regions over the next year. The plan is aimed at protecting surviving ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2020
To make ultra-black materials that won't weigh things down, consider the butterfly
Set against a piece of black construction paper, the wings of the male cattleheart butterfly look even blacker than black.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2020
African grey parrots help each other in times of need
People readily help each other. We donate blood and food or help old people across the street. Among non-human animals this propensity to help is very rare.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2020
It's OK to feed wild birds: Here are some tips for doing it the right way
Millions of Americans enjoy feeding and watching backyard birds. Many people make a point of putting food out in winter, when birds needs extra energy, and spring, when many species build nests and raise young.
