Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems. But scientists say there is a high risk that these relocations are accidentally ...
Ecology
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Biologists study the social behavior of fish through their communication, which includes grunts, clicks and coordinated flatulence. Cleaner fish feed on the parasites that live on the skin of many different species of fish, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2021
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Kayleigh Chalkowski, a doctoral student in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, is leading a research study that's making important discoveries about the scope of disease caused by a deadly parasite ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2021
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As Earth warms, species around the world—Adélie penguins, earthworms, gray snapper, pin oaks—are shifting into habitats once too cold for them. One such "climate migrant" is the Atlantic mud fiddler crab Minuca pugnax. ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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Corals that appear healthy are more prone to getting sick when they're home to too many parasitic bacteria, new research at Oregon State University shows.
Ecology
Oct 28, 2020
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), the Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research (IVIA) and Rutgers University (RU) has just demonstrated that guttation, small watery drops exudated ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2020
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Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species and let the host parents raise their young. A new study finds that in times of environmental flux, these brood parasites "diversify their portfolios," minimizing ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2020
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Unlike the many charismatic mammals, fish and birds that receive our attention, parasites are thought of as something to eradicate—not something to protect.
Ecology
Aug 7, 2020
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Native lizards may have a powerful, very tiny, secret weapon when it comes to resisting invasion by invasive species—parasites.
Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2020
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Parasites have a public relations problem.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2020
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