A six-year-old project to return giant tortoises to the wild in Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years.
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2024
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The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2024
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University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have uncovered a new genus and five new species of millipedes in remote African jungles—and say the many-legged creatures could hold important clues to whether woody vines are ...
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Feb 1, 2024
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Managing forest edge habitats to maintain a gradient of canopy cover and plant density could be key to conserving some threatened native plant species such as wild lupine, according to Penn State researchers.
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Feb 1, 2024
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Mangroves and saltmarshes sequester large amounts of carbon, mitigating the greenhouse effect. New research from the University of Gothenburg shows that these environments are perhaps twice as effective as previously thought.
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants' appearances. However, when you look inside, their leaves are more similar than you would think, as revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2024
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A team of experts has created the first database of field studies on the impacts of invasive plants on native species, communities and ecosystems in Europe.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2024
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Forest fires which have engulfed Bogota in smoke over the past week have been fueled by highly flammable foreign plant species that have invaded Colombia's capital, experts say.
Environment
Jan 29, 2024
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If you've ever wished you could see the world though the eyes of another animal, we have good news for you. We also wondered about that and, being scientists who specialize in color vision, have created a solution: a camera ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2024
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The once bright green Andean forest where Maria Yadira Jimenez worked as a tour guide has been reduced to ashes.
Environment
Jan 28, 2024
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