Floods submerged hundreds of hectares of dragon fruit farms in south Vietnam, residents told AFP on Thursday, with many villagers forced to seek shelter on higher ground.
Environment
Aug 29, 2024
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One of Colorado's reintroduced wolves wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park this month, marking the first time one has been present in the park since the state released wolves in December.
Ecology
Aug 29, 2024
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Colorado wildlife officials are relocating two reintroduced wolves and their pups after a series of livestock depredations—a setback for the historic and controversial reintroduction program launched late last year.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2024
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How does one species become two? If you're a biologist, that's a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most cases, the process of speciation occurs when individuals from a single population become geographically isolated. ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2024
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Understanding species distribution, differentiation and the factors affecting genetic diversity is important for sustainable conservation and effective management, as well as the rational utilization of species germplasm.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2024
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Scientists have developed a method to measure forest heights using advanced satellite technology, significantly reducing the need for labor-intensive fieldwork. A study published on July 29 in the Journal of Remote Sensing ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2024
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In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a kilometer or more. Taken aback ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary tale of one of Earth's most ecologically important ...
Evolution
Aug 20, 2024
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A new species of tarantula spider, Aphonopelma jacobii, has been discovered from the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona. This small, black and gray tarantula species has fiery red hairs on its abdomen and can be ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2024
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International researchers from Finland, Germany, South Africa, and Ethiopia report that deforestation during the last two decades induced a higher warming and cloud level rise than that caused by climate change, which threatens ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2024
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