Nectar-feeding bats foraging in intensively managed banana plantations in Costa Rica have a less diverse set of gut microbes in comparison to bats feeding in their natural forest habitat or organic plantations, reveals new ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2021
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A new study shows the eye size of birds can reveal broad patterns of their biology and behavior, including where they live, what they eat and how they hunt, providing a potential roadmap for future conservation efforts.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2021
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Research led by a University of Wyoming graduate student involving about 50 scientists from across the globe has provided new insights into the behavior of ungulates (hoofed animals) as it relates to forage conditions and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2021
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The sight of felled trees and logging activity can be jarring for nature lovers, but from those sites can sprout young forest growth that's especially attractive to a familiar inhabitant of wooded areas throughout the Northeast—bats.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide have used more than two decades of satellite-derived environmental data to form hypotheses about the possible foraging habitats of pre-contact Aboriginal peoples living in Australia's ...
Ecology
Jun 7, 2021
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A University of North Texas College of Science professor has moved researchers across the globe closer to understanding how to make condensed tannins in forage crops such as alfalfa, not only making food more nutritious for ...
Biotechnology
May 26, 2021
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Larger bumblebees are more likely to go out foraging in the low light of dawn, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2021
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With lockdown easing it is a dilemma many of us are facing: should we choose to go to the best place to eat out, or the nearest place that is good enough?
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2021
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The foraging behavior of seabirds is dramatically affected by turbulence caused by natural coastal features and manmade ocean structures, new research has shown.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2021
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Using two years of data from summer grazing at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence, Master of Science candidate Cassidy Sim is looking at how well new forage varieties persist when grazed at high stock density, ...
Plants & Animals
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