Wild bees are important pollinators of many crop plants – sometimes they are even more efficient than honeybees. Their numbers can be increased sustainably using simple means as a recent study has found.
Ecology
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Increased competition for rare breeding sites causes female blue tits to invest more time in their current brood, to spend more time feeding their offspring and also to produce more male offspring in their ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2009
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Breeding birds that nest above alligators for protection from mammalian predators may also provide a source of food for the alligators living in the Everglades, Florida, according to a study published March 2, 2016 in the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Endangered and iconic sea turtles have a record in their DNA pointing to loss of genetic diversity caused by recent human exploitation, a Flinders University study has revealed for the first time.
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2013
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From March to December every year, Humboldt penguins nest in vast colonies on the Peruvian and Chilean coasts. The lucky ones find prime habitat for their nests in deep deposits of chalky guano where they can dig out sheltered ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2020
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A new University of Central Florida study indicates that smaller loggerhead and green sea turtles are nesting on Florida beaches than in the past; however, researchers aren't sure why.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2021
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Common Loons (Gavia immer) nest on lakes across Canada and the northern U.S., but every winter they disperse, many to the open ocean where they're difficult to track. It's been well established that many loons return to the ...
Ecology
Sep 2, 2015
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Plastic gathered from remote corners of the South Pacific Ocean, including nesting areas of New Zealand albatrosses, has confirmed the global threat of plastic pollution to seabirds.
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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Just half a percent of the available tree hollows in Canberra's woodlands are suitable nests for superb parrots.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2023
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University of Kentucky entomologists want people to be aware of a new stinging pest in the state, the Asian needle ant.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2020
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