Jacks and barracuda in Heʻeia fishpond were found to feed on Australian mullet, an invasive species introduced to Oahu waters in the 1950s. This finding, published in Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries by researchers from ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2022
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Following the settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand, many native species were wiped from the mainland. It's a familiar story—one that has affected species like the iconic flightless kākāpō and the tuatara, a reptile in ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2022
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When classifying two species of the same flowering plant, the similarities and differences between them are considered.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2022
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To anyone who has stepped off a hot pavement into a shady park, it will come as little surprise that trees (and shrubs) have a big cooling effect on cities.
Environment
Sep 20, 2022
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In the year of the limu (edible water plant), four new species of Hawaiian red algae discovered in different areas across the Hawaiian Islands have been named and scientifically described by a team of international scientists, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2022
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An "exceptional" marine heatwave is gripping the western Mediterranean with surface temperatures up to five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than average, according to experts contacted by AFP.
Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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Soft corals, the penned, fanned and tentacled corals, of Lord Howe Island appear more resilient to coral bleaching than their hard coral cousins, a team of marine biologists led by UNSW Science finds.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the "deadliest meteorological hazard" from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions. ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2022
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Aaron Bauer has traveled the world in search of lizards, logging more than 2 million miles in his quest to identify new species and determine how they fit into the tree of life. He has made more than 100 trips to southern ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 18, 2022
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Beautiful "supertramp" birds in Southeast Asia are providing unique insights into how evolution is linked to flight ability and competition. New research testing decades-old theories has confirmed that the isolating effects ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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