Maerl beds stud the ocean floor like underwater brambles. They're pastel pink and, despite their knobbly appearance, made up of a red seaweed. This algae has a limestone skeleton which gives it a complex three-dimensional ...
Ecology
Sep 15, 2020
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Animals in tropical and Mediterranean areas are the most sensitive to climate change and land use pressures, finds a new study by UCL researchers.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2020
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A potential response of river fish to environmental changes is to colonize new habitats. But what happens when dams and weirs restrict their movement? And are native and alien species similarly affected? Researchers from ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2020
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The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be among the most threatened mammals in North America: a young male with the distortions of inbreeding—a tail kinked ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2020
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Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the natural rate—a finding a University of Queensland researcher says is another warning that global biodiversity is in deep trouble.
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2020
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A research team led by Florida State University found that sea turtles in the U.S. will have less suitable nesting habitat in the future because of climate change and coastal development.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2020
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It is no surprise that Australia is sometimes called "The Land of the Lizards."
Ecology
Aug 20, 2020
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The Trump administration is moving to restrict what land and water areas can be declared as "habitat" for imperiled plants and animals—potentially excluding locations that species could use in the future as climate change ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2020
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The first official Red List for British Mammals, led by a University of Sussex professor, shows that 11 of the 47 mammals native to Britain are classified as being at imminent risk of extinction.
Ecology
Jul 30, 2020
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The damage caused by the catastrophic 2019-2020 Australian bushfires could lead to a dramatic jump in the number of native species at risk, according to new research.
Ecology
Jul 21, 2020
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