A giant starfish-eating snail could be unleashed to help save the Great Barrier Reef, officials said Monday, with a trial underway to breed thousands of the rare species.
Environment
Sep 18, 2017
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Have you ever wanted to become a snake hunter in the Florida Everglades? Now's your chance.
Plants & Animals
Jun 17, 2022
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Researchers in New York City have analyzed the DNA of urban coyotes and discovered that the coyotes eat a variety of native prey species and supplement this diet with human-sourced food items. The study is published in PeerJ.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2022
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Conservationists have released 155 giant tortoises on an island in the Galapagos to help replace a similar species that died out 150 years ago, officials aid Thursday.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2019
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What makes a successful invasion? What keeps invaders out? Are some geographic locations more vulnerable to invasion than others?
Ecology
Jun 26, 2021
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Florida won't be repeating a public hunt meant to reduce the population of invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene previously associated with physical traits is also dictating behaviour in a tiny fish widely regarded as a living model of Darwin's natural selection theory, according to a University of British Columbia ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2009
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A new article published in the Journal of Animal Ecology suggests that current measures to protect grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are damaging the ecosystem and should be stopped.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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Cane toads are exhausted by releasing their deadly toxin and will go to great lengths not to release it. They far prefer to run or freeze when a predator approaches.
Ecology
May 16, 2019
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An international study to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in seas from the tropics to the poles is published this week (date) in the journal Global ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2012
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