Rewild the soil: The largest urban rewilding project is going underground
The largest urban rewilding project in the U.K. is happening on an old golf course.
The largest urban rewilding project in the U.K. is happening on an old golf course.
Ecology
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Dung beetles, those unsung heroes of the insect world renowned for their prowess in breaking down cattle dung, have now been found to have a positive impact on plant growth.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2024
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A small team of biologists and animal scientists from Lund University in Sweden, working with a colleague from the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa, has discovered that pairs of opposite-gender dung beetles ...
Waste is a natural by-product of life on Earth and of productive human economies. Living systems have evolved to reconstitute waste—creatures like dung beetles fill an ecological niche of breaking down other organisms' ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2024
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Many dung beetles use mammalian feces as a food source and build and relocate dung balls to lay eggs and shelter their larvae. This behavior provides many ecosystem services including nutrient cycling, secondary seed dispersal, ...
Ecology
Nov 20, 2023
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Senckenberg researchers, together with a Brazilian-German team, have investigated the effects of climate change on the taxonomic and functional diversity of amphibians in the Mata Atlântica. The rainforest in the eastern ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2023
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A locally found pathogenic fungus, Beauveria australis, has for the first time been observed infecting imported dung beetles in Australia.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today, it's a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2022
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If the TV series "Dirty Jobs" covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world's most important recyclers. They eat and bury manure from many ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2022
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Initiatives using non-native tree species can impact tropical insects in neighboring forests, according to an international study.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2022
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