Waste materials from oil sands extraction, stored in tailings ponds, can pose a risk to the natural habitat and neighboring communities when they leach into groundwater and surface ecosystems. Until now, the challenge for ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants. For example, loneliness increased male elephants' level of stress, whereas having babies present reduced the stress level in ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2022
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Fish rarely feed their young. An exception are certain species of snakeheads whose offspring feed on trophic eggs provided by their parent. A new study shows that this exceptional adaptation developed in snakehead fish around ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2022
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A Lima zoo announced Thursday the birth in captivity of four American crocodiles, an endangered species, after a successful artificial incubation.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2022
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Scientists have produced a map showing where the world's major food crops should be grown to maximize yield and minimize environmental impact. This would capture large amounts of carbon, increase biodiversity, and cut agricultural ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2022
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A supportive environment can bring out the best in an individual—even for a bird.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2022
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Whoever said there's nothing more boring than watching grass grow wasn't thinking about seagrass. Often confused with seaweeds and rarely receiving the attention they deserve, there's nothing boring about seagrasses. In fact, ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2022
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Habitat selection in wildlife is a process that occurs at different scales: Balancing advantages, such as high abundance of food, with disadvantages, such as human disturbance. Large predators, with their large spatial requirements, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2022
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Expanding nature preserves will not be enough to stem a rising tide of extinctions, a panel of experts warned Wednesday, taking aim at a draft treaty tasked with rescuing Earth's animal and plant life.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2022
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On a recent morning with wind chills below zero, at a Cook County, Illinois, forest preserve, a coyote paced back and forth inside a cage, turning tight figures eights, peering out through the wires. With sharp teeth and ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2022
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