Relentless sex drive may threaten survival of quolls
For male northern quolls, sex is a death sentence.
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2023
0
83
Page 14 - News tagged with breed
Monarch butterflies wintering in California rebound
The population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in a row after a precipitous drop in 2020, but the population of orange-and-black insects is still well below ...
Ecology
Feb 1, 2023
1
4
Why Asia-Pacific tropical seas are flush with marine life
A new Flinders University study has found why Southeast Asian seas produce more fish than the world's largest coastal upwelling regions combined.
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
0
10
Climate change presents a mismatch for songbirds' breeding season
Spring is the sweet spot for breeding songbirds in California's Central Valley—not too hot, not too wet. But climate change models indicate the region will experience more rainfall during the breeding season, and days of ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2023
0
12
Biodiversity safeguards bird communities under changing climate, shows study
Climate change has undisputable global effects on ecosystems and ecological community compositions, but why certain communities are better able to resist the effects of climate change than others remains unclear. In a recent ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2023
0
63
Aggressiveness of pet dogs is influenced by life history and owner's characteristics, study suggests
Dogs walked every day by their owners are less aggressive. Dogs owned by women bark less at strangers. Heavier dogs tend to be less disobedient than lighter pets. Pugs, Bulldogs, Shih Tzus and other short-snouted breeds may ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2023
0
1103
Using a standardized test battery to compare cognitive and behavioral traits in dog breeds (Update)
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Finland has analyzed test data to investigate how breeds differed in different cognitive and behavioral traits. In their paper published in Scientific Reports, ...
Climate 'presses' and 'pulses' impact Magellanic penguins—a marine predator—with guidance for conservationists
Climate change will reshape ecosystems worldwide through two types of climate events: short-term, extreme events—like a heat wave—and long-term changes, like a shift in ocean currents. Ecologists call the short-term events ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2023
0
15
Meet the eastern bristlebird: Tragically under-appreciated, and one fire away from local extinction
In 1962, renowned American conservationist Rachel Carson wrote a book entitled "Silent Spring" after she noticed the birdsong she used to wake up to as a child had been thinning. Its eventual absence had become almost deafening.
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2023
0
28
Turning plants into biological factories
Genetic manipulation has come a long way.
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2023
0
26
