(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, according ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2009
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Peru said Tuesday that 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks, the latest report on the disease's impacts.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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An old floodplain forest in Hungary was destroyed by unauthorized clear-cutting in a protected area near the Tisza River.
Environment
Mar 6, 2020
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A new study using innovative technology to measure carbon emissions caused by forest degradation and disturbance—rather than deforestation alone—suggests that Indigenous territories (ITs) and protected natural areas (PNAs) ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2020
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One common invasive species is so widespread that you can see it from space.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2020
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In the freshwater swamp forest of Hlanzoun in southern Benin, majestic trees hum with chirping birds and playful monkeys.
Ecology
Aug 30, 2021
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Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses evolved into SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID in humans. Did it go directly from bats to humans or via another animal species? ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2022
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Insects have an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, but our understanding of how human activities affect their populations is limited. This gap in knowledge is worrying because of the decline of insect ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2023
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Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture and other uses at alarming rates.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about 4 million trees per year, according to a U.S. Forest Service study published recently in Urban Forestry & Urban ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2012
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