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Astronomy Aug 4, 2021

Subaru Telescope's Maunakea live camera captures rare meteor cluster

The "Subaru-Asahi Sky Camera" installed at the Subaru Telescope dome on Maunakea, Hawai`i, captured a rare "meteor cluster event" in the early morning of July 14 (Hawai`i time).

Environment Aug 4, 2021

Climate change is already disrupting US forests and coasts, evidence at 5 long-term research sites shows

Record-breaking heat waves and drought have left West Coast rivers lethally hot for salmon, literally cooked millions of mussels and clams in their shells and left forests primed to burn. The extraordinary severity of 2021's ...

Plants & Animals Aug 4, 2021

Study tracks decline of weasels in North America

Researchers, including a North Carolina State University zoologist, found in a new study that three species of weasels once common in North America are likely in decline, including a species that's considered the world's ...

Ecology Aug 2, 2021

How landscapes of fear affect the songbirds in our backyards

A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently discovered that fear plays an important, unrecognized role in the underdevelopment, and increased vulnerability, of backyard songbirds.

Plants & Animals Jul 28, 2021

Artificial refuges for wildlife are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but more research is needed

Wildlife worldwide is facing a housing crisis. When land is cleared for agriculture, mining, and urbanization, habitats and natural refuges go with it, such as tree hollows, rock piles and large logs.

Plants & Animals Jul 20, 2021

Removal of barred owls slows decline of iconic spotted owls in Pacific Northwest, study finds

A 17-year study in Oregon, Washington and California found that removal of invasive barred owls arrested the population decline of the northern spotted owl, a native species threatened by invading barred owls and the loss ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jul 7, 2021

Cryptographic technique can preserve genetic privacy in criminal DNA profiling

Crime scene DNA analysis can help identify perpetrators, but current methods may divulge the genetic information of innocent people. Cryptography can protect genetic privacy without hampering law enforcement, Stanford researchers ...

Plants & Animals Jun 21, 2021

The fine nose of storks: Birds are drawn to scent of grass, leafy greens

The sharp eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl—to successfully find food, the eyes and ears of birds have adapted optimally to their living conditions. Until now, the sense of smell has played a rather subordinate ...

Plants & Animals Jun 16, 2021

What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?

The lush forests and more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines hold a rich diversity of life, with 258 bird species who live nowhere but the Philippine archipelago. A new study from University of Utah researchers suggests ...

Environment Jun 15, 2021

Scientists trying to make California forests more fire resilient

To the untrained eye, the scrubby slope off Wentworth Springs Road in the Eldorado National Forest looks like any other patch of Sierra Nevada ridgetop. Tufted in native shrubs and flecked by darkened pine stumps, it's part ...

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