Study provides rare field-based evidence of opportunistic cannibalism in mini marsupial
The mouse-sized marsupial famed for its mighty mating until it dies has now been observed eating its own dead.
The mouse-sized marsupial famed for its mighty mating until it dies has now been observed eating its own dead.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2024
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Lost species are those that have not been observed in the wild for over 10 years, despite searches to find them. Lost tetrapod species (four-limbed vertebrate animals including amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles) are ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2024
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The foreseeable effects of climate change on the Caatinga, the semi-arid shrubland and thorn forest biome in Brazil's Northeast region, will be catastrophic for most terrestrial mammal species that live there.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2024
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A skin resembling armor, rapid healing abilities, continuous tooth renewal and the capability for limb regeneration—this might sound like the description of a creature from a superhero film. Surprisingly, these are standard ...
Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species—twice as many as previously thought—with major implications for the ongoing biodiversity crisis, a new study has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2023
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Some coral species can be resilient to marine heat waves by "remembering" how they lived through previous ones, research by Oregon State University scientists suggests.
Ecology
Dec 18, 2023
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People depend on nature in a multitude of ways. Crop pollination, pest management, storm buffering, and carbon capturing are all part of nature's contributions to people (NCP). But these contributions are subject to change—species ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2023
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A species of ray, so rare it has only ever been recorded once back in the late 1800s, has been declared extinct after an assessment by an international team led by Charles Darwin University (CDU). The loss of the Java Stingaree, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2023
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Recent research led by Tigga Kingston, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University, delivers a stark warning concerning the distressing decline of flying foxes and related species, also known ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2023
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Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don't know about them.
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2023
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