Conservation success or pests? Seals spark passionate debate
Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal.
Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2020
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A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding the remarkable resilience of shark wounds to infection.
Ecology
Nov 4, 2019
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It's common knowledge that, through the process of natural selection, organisms adapt to their environments. But what happens when there are no barriers to gene flow and organisms are free-floating between extremely variable ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2019
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"Ibiza is different." That is what the hundreds of standard-bearers of the "hippie" movement who visited the Pitiusan Island during the 60s thought, fascinated by its climate and its unexplored nature. What they did not imagine ...
Evolution
Feb 27, 2019
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North Atlantic coral populations β key to supporting a variety of sea life β are under threat from climate change, a study suggests.
Environment
Nov 22, 2016
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(Phys.org) βAn international, multidisciplinary team of scientists have combined their expertise to make projections for the future of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture in the 21st century. Their research suggests ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2013
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Canada's current agricultural production model is unsustainable and in desperate need of reform. A range of issues plague the current system, including corporate consolidation, farmland concentration in the hands of non-farmers ...
Agriculture
Dec 19, 2023
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As climate change warms Washington's mountain ranges, environmentalists are suing the federal government to protect one snow-loving bird of the Cascades.
Environment
Jun 27, 2023
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A popular hiking trail to an oasis in Joshua Tree National Park has been temporarily closed so bighorn sheep can get undisturbed access to water.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2022
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From hunter-gatherer encampments to modern cities, permanent human settlements tend to densify as the population grows, while mobile human settlements do the opposite.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2022
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