Mammal defaunation—the loss of mammals to extinction, extirpation and population decline—in the Neotropics and its adverse effects is the focus for two scientific papers produced recently by a group of scientists led ...
Ecology
Nov 11, 2020
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Rodents such as house mice (Mus musculus) aren't just pests at home, they can cause serious damage to native ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2020
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Summer is usually horse trainer Amy Bowers' busy season, but Colorado's record-setting wildfires forced Bowers to deliberate hour-by-hour about whether she could safely train horses.
Ecology
Nov 10, 2020
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Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have already gone extinct over the last 40 years. The populations of ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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There's considerable risk that humans transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to wildlife, according to a perspective article published in Mammal Review.
Veterinary medicine
Oct 7, 2020
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An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Prehistory at the UAB has reconstructed the diets of pre-Columbian groups on the Amazon coast of Brazil, ...
Archaeology
Oct 6, 2020
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A pair of researchers, one with Yale University, the other the University of the Witwatersrand, reports that African herbivores that eat mixed diets or migrate have more stable populations than do those who eat just one food ...
Global animal, bird and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts said Thursday in a stark warning to save nature in order to save ourselves.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2020
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The populations of common animals are just as likely to rise or fall in number in a time of accelerating global change as those of rare species, a study suggests.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2020
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Marine animals are notoriously difficult to track, creating big gaps in how scientists understand their behavior and migration patterns—key insights for helping conserve important habitats. Researchers in Australia, using ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2020
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