New Curtin University-led research has found that using environmental DNA (eDNA), in conjunction with conventional methods, to monitor how insects interact with flowers could potentially improve conservation rates.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2023
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Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees, adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2023
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The UK's growing mismatch between the fish we catch and the fish we want to eat has clear implications for our future food security, according to new research.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2023
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Financial compensation should be paid by rich nations for the loss and damage of biodiversity disproportionately affecting the Global South, argue Dilys Roe and co-authors in a Comment piece in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Environment
May 30, 2023
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In recent decades, scientists have produced countless studies on the effects of one environmental factor or another—climate change, deforestation or pollution, for example—on wildlife and habitats around the world. But ...
Ecology
May 17, 2023
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One of the world's first attempts to relocate an animal species threatened by climate change—Western Australia's critically endangered Western Swamp Turtle—has delivered early findings about the importance of replicating ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2023
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An international research team led by Faviel A. López-Romero from the Department of Paleontology at the University of Vienna investigated how the jaw shape of sharks has changed over the course of evolution. They conclude ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2023
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A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.
Archaeology
May 5, 2023
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A new WCS-led study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, ...
Ecology
May 2, 2023
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