When seasonal changes affect food availability, omnivores like blue monkeys adapt by changing their diets, but such nutritional changes may impact female reproduction, according to research published November 28 in the open ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2012
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Arctic reindeer have no problems with snowstorms but are badly affected by rain, a finding that has implications for assessing how climate change affects wildlife, a study on Wednesday says.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2012
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Tanzania is one developing country that could actually benefit from climate change by increasing exports of corn to the U.S. and other nations, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the World Bank and ...
Economics & Business
Jul 27, 2012
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The Iberian wolf lives in increasingly humanised landscapes, with limited food resources and its presence is not always welcome. But, according to Spanish researchers, food availability plays a secondary role compared to ...
Ecology
Jul 11, 2012
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Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter ...
Biotechnology
May 21, 2012
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For plant-inhabiting predatory mites, living among familiar neighbors reduces stress. This allows individuals to focus on other tasks and be more productive, in particular while they are foraging. The new study by Markus ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2012
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Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season.
Ecology
Feb 7, 2012
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Iconic marine predators such as sharks, tunas, swordfish, and marlins are becoming increasingly rare under current fishing trends, say University of British Columbia researchers.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hungry sharks, swordfish and other ocean predators have adopted different hunting behaviours depending on how much food is readily available. They use at least two particular methods to detect their next ...
Ecology
Jun 17, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tropical birds migrate to escape the weather While some bird species migrate thousands of miles annually, others follow a much shorter migratory route - specifically, up and down tropical Costa Rican mountains.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2010
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