An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial?
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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The Hanuman plover, named after a Hindu god, has been reinstated almost a century after being relegated to a subspecies. It is hoped that resurrecting the species will focus conservation attention on at-risk habitats.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2023
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Native bees in the Oregon Coast Range are diverse and abundant in clearcut areas within a few years of timber harvest but their numbers drop sharply as planted trees grow and the forest canopy closes, research by Oregon State ...
Ecology
Apr 13, 2023
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Recent research highlights the potential for problems when pigs are relocated, often illegally for hunting
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2023
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Observations and mathematical models generally show climate change spreading animal diseases north, since host species tend to expand their territory to wherever the climate allows them to live.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2023
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A team of biologists and linguists from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, City University of New York, the State University of New York and the University of Seville has found evidence suggesting that wild African ...
Diagnostic imaging such as X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans are important tools in monitoring the health of humans and animals. But for researchers in the field, it is difficult to administer these common tests on wild populations.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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Protecting wildlife across the world could significantly enhance natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks, a new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor of Population ...
Ecology
Mar 28, 2023
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Black-capped chickadees have an incredible ability to remember where they've cached food in their environments. They are also small, fast, and able to fly.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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Starting life in captivity can change the wing shape of birds, hindering their chances of surviving migratory flights when they are released into the wild, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown.
Evolution
Mar 17, 2023
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