A new Biological Reviews article considers how fire histories affect animals' movement and shape the distribution of species.
Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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House mice carrying a specific selfish supergene move from one population to another much more frequently than their peers. This finding from a University of Zurich study shows for the first time that a gene of this type ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2018
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Problem-solving powers may help to explain why grey squirrels have taken over from native red squirrels in the UK, new research says.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2018
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Fleas from domestic pets are infesting native wildlife and feral animals in all continents except Antarctica, a new study reveals.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2018
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arlier this week in Westcott Bay, San Juan Island, a team of volunteer monitors caught an invasive green crab, marking the first confirmation of this global invader in Washington's inland waters.
Ecology
Sep 5, 2016
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Twenty-five years ago it was a military zone where occupying Soviet troops held exercises. Today it's a sanctuary inhabited by wild animals that scientists hope will improve biodiversity among local plants as well as save ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2015
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Until a few decades ago, there were no beavers in Patagonia. That changed when 20 pairs of the tree-chewing creature were introduced with the hopes of creating a fur industry.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2014
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Floridians are ardent fans of endangered species and want to see them protected, even if it means fines for violators or restrictions on personal freedoms, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2013
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The Western Australian Department of Agriculture's invasive species science group is asking residents to help them with their latest research into controlling growing rabbit populations.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2013
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Parts of the UK are at greater risk of invasion by non-native aquatic species than previously thought, according to new research. The first to include human factors in models used to predict where invasive species will arrive ...
Ecology
May 1, 2013
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