Bright yellow, black, red and blue, Alexanor butterflies once fluttered abundantly on southwestern Albania's flowery slopes. Now, like many related species, scientists say they are disappearing due to human impacts, including ...
Ecology
Jun 20, 2024
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An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in large part due to inadvertent human help. Even seemingly sedentary ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2024
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In 2023, a newborn Javan rhino in Indonesia raised hopes for the highly endangered species. Now, conservationists fear poachers have killed up to a third of the surviving population, possibly with inside help.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2024
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A team of zoologists and marine biologists affiliated with several institutions in Indonesia, working with a colleague from Germany, has discovered previously unknown instances of fluorescence in 27 marine creatures.
New research indicates that strong community bonds could hinder rather than help environmental initiatives. The study, led by researchers at the University of Sydney's School of Project Management, examined communities where ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2024
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While there is an increasing consensus among humans that corporal discipline of children does more harm than good, fish may disagree.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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The iconic marsupial can regulate its temperature to a greater degree than previously thought—but this could prove troublesome as global warming bites.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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Frogs have maintained a surprising diversity of light-sensing proteins over evolutionary time, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher. Light-sensing proteins, called opsins, enable vision in sighted animals, ...
Evolution
Jun 18, 2024
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Most of us are aware that climate change is altering our world. But it can also make certain natural disasters, like hurricanes, more likely in places where susceptible species reside.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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A coalition of environmental groups appealed a court rejection of their challenge to California's plan to build Sites Reservoir in a valley north of Sacramento, its first new major reservoir in decades.
Environment
Jun 18, 2024
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