(Phys.org)—A landmark study has found that climate change is likely to have a major impact on Australia's plants, animals and ecosystems that will present significant challenges to the conservation of Australia's biodiversity.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2012
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Romanticised in poetry, the wandering albatross is famed for its enormous wing-span and long life. The bird can often live to 50 years and beyond.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2013
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Aging damselflies never lose their libidos and are just as likely as younger competitors to mate.
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Climate change causes extinctions not only as a result of species intolerance to high temperature, but more commonly via a variety of related factors that alter a species' interactions with other species, according ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2012
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With sea ice at its lowest point in 1,500 years, how might ecological communities in the Arctic be affected by its continued and even accelerated melting over the next decades? In a review article in the journal Science, ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2013
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What may be the last habitat of one of the world's most bizarre fish has been highlighted by a researcher at the University of St Andrews.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2015
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For a variety of reasons, many humans choose to adopt children. More surprisingly, adoption is fairly widespread in the animal kingdom, even though it would seem to counteract the basic premise of Darwin's theory of evolution, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2013
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Conservation projects often attempt to enhance the water-based transport of material, energy, and organisms in natural ecosystems. River restoration, for example, commonly includes boosting maximum flow rates. Yet in some ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2010
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High social status has its privileges—when it comes to aging—even in wild animals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 12, 2015
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Acoustic analysis of the 'giggle' sound made by spotted hyenas has revealed that the animals' laughter encodes information about age, dominance and identity. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Ecology recorded ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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