Successfully limiting human-wildlife conflicts requires an understanding of the roles of both animal and human behavior. However, it is difficult to understand both of these things, because researchers struggle to collect ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2018
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Understanding Earth's species and ecosystems is a monumentally challenging scientific pursuit. But with the planet in the grip of its sixth mass extinction event, it has never been a more pressing priority.
Ecology
May 9, 2018
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Data collected by enthusiastic volunteers can be extremely useful for researchers, particularly when studying Britain's little understood mammals. At the 'Ecology Across Borders' conference in Ghent, Belgium this week, researchers ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2017
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Drones have been flying over the Ugalla Forest in Western Tanzania. Far from being part of a military operation, these drones are being used to map chimpanzee habitat as part of an international research collaboration.
Engineering
Sep 21, 2015
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Israel has installed solar panels on the roof of its parliament building, creating what it calls the largest solar field of any national assembly in the world.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 29, 2015
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A study of predator hotspots has found that rugged landscapes attract predators, both at sea and on land.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2015
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At the Plum Island Sound estuary in northeastern Massachusetts, the marsh floods like clockwork. At high tide, you can pass over the mudflats into the grass in a boat. At low tide, the ocean waters recede, leaving behind ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2014
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The rapid development of next-generation DNA sequencing has revolutionized biological and ecological research in the last few years. The cost of DNA sequencing has fallen dramatically, and sequencing machines are becoming ...
Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2014
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When putting together a team of scientists to work on a problem, it makes sense to bring together the best and brightest in the field, right?
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2014
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Understanding forest biodiversity and how carbon dioxide is stored within trees is an important area of ecological research. The bigger the tree, the more carbon it stores and a study in New Phytologist explores global variance ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2014
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