During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through UC's Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered ...
Plants & Animals
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California is home to black bears, so it shouldn't be a surprise if you run into one while you're out hiking or camping—or if they show up rummaging around your lawn.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2023
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The hunting community in Ittoqqotoormiit (Scoresby Sound), Northeast Greenland, has some of the world's highest concentrations of PFAS in their blood, even though they live far away from sources of contamination with per- ...
Environment
Jul 13, 2023
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Amidst the vast frozen and barren terrain of the Arctic is a unique marine ecosystem supporting a web of diverse natural life that, according to a new study by scientist Kent Moore, is managing to sustain itself against the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2023
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The planet is warming because of human activities and the consequences will be devastating for all living beings, including humans. At present, everyone is potentially exposed this information in the media. But how do scientific ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2023
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We have millions of hair follicles on our body, including around 100,000 on our scalp.
Evolution
Jun 15, 2023
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Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have been able to gain the body fat they need for hibernation even as population densities have increased and as climate change and human impacts have changed the availability ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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Feral swine are considered one of the top invasive species of concern in North America because of the damage they do to agricultural and natural systems. To best manage them, resource management agencies need to know more ...
Ecology
Jun 5, 2023
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In Connecticut, deer are a frequent sight, whether they are quietly munching on plants around our yards, bounding into the cover of trees with a flash of white from their tails, or after they don't safely make it across a ...
Ecology
May 26, 2023
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Animal behavior experts at Nottingham Trent University and Harper Adams University investigated more than 100 previous research papers exploring the various ways in which visitors impacted behavior across more than 250 species ...
Ecology
May 23, 2023
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