Plants that can "bounce back" after disturbances like plowing, flooding or drought are the most likely to be "invasive" if they're moved to new parts of the world, scientists say.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2019
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Half of the Earth's land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild—but many of these "low human-impact" areas are broken into small, isolated pieces, threatening their future.
Environment
Oct 22, 2019
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Scientists witnessing the destruction of the natural world must be supported and "allowed to cry", researchers say.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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Thousands of them plague our beaches to the horror of holidaymakers who dread their sting, but thanks to man's disruption of the oceans, jellyfish are thriving.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2019
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A West Virginia University researcher used science and data to solve the timeless argument of nature versus nurture—at least when it comes to microorganisms.
Ecology
Sep 11, 2019
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A multiuniversity research team including a Florida State scientist has found that a lack of predators creates an environment that is key to evolutionary changes found in guppies.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2019
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Migratory hoverflies are "key" to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows.
Ecology
Jun 13, 2019
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A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about the major ecological patterns driving the changes in soil biodiversity that occur over millions of years.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2019
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2019 marks the 250th anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt. He was one of the first naturalists to document the distribution and adaptation of species on tropical mountains in the 19th century. Humboldt also observed that ...
Ecology
Mar 27, 2019
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A team of experts convened by Professor Sir Charles Godfray of the Oxford Martin School has found evidence that suggests humans are dumping more chemical waste into the environment than can be tested for its impact. In their ...
