Insect DNA offers tiny clues about animals' changing habitats
The long-term impact of climate change on natural communities of wild animals could be better understood thanks to a new study.
Ecology
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Ocean-sampling robot gliders tracking animals, providing storm data
Researchers from U.S. and Canadian institutions are teaming up for a coordinated launch of up to 14 autonomous ocean-monitoring gliders. The gliders will collect a unique and extensive set of oceanographic and animal-tracking ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2013
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Researchers can tell the history of a wildebeest by looking at its tail
Researchers have developed techniques to recreate a personalised diary of an animal's lifetime.
Ecology
Jun 13, 2016
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Drought in the Horn of Africa delays migrating birds
The catastrophic drought last year in the Horn of Africa affected millions of people but also caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe of several migratory songbird species, a study from University of Copenhagen ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2012
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Powerful animal tracking system helps research take flight
Call it a bird's eye view of migration. Scientists are taking a fresh look at animal movement with a big data approach that combines GPS tracking data with satellite weather and terrain information.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2013
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Study shows multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer
A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it comes to birth timing.
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Needed: a global bioinformatics system
A global information infrastructure is critical to making intelligent decisions about the grand challenge of rapid shifts occurring in the environment and life on Earth.
Ecology
Aug 7, 2012
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First-ever atlas of big-game migrations
The first-ever atlas of ungulate migration was released this week, detailing the ecology and conservation of migratory big-game species including mule deer, elk and pronghorn in Wyoming, the greater Yellowstone ecosystem ...
Ecology
Oct 23, 2018
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Study supports theory that dragonflies migrate across the Indian Ocean
Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again? An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has used models and simulations to ...
Plants & Animals
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Border fences need not harm large fauna
Although the increasing number of fences and walls along national boundaries is intended to prevent human migration, these can also have disastrous consequences for the natural spread of large animals. These constructions ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2016
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