Trees vs. disease: Tree cover reduces mosquito-borne health risk (May 28, 2025)
A study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous m...
When the forest is no longer a home -- forest bats seek refuge in settlements (May 28, 2025)
Many bat species native to Germany, such as the Leisler's bat, are forest specialists. However, a...
Nordic studies show the significance of old-growth forests for biodiversity (May 27, 2025)
Researchers conducted a systematic review of 99 scientific publications that compared the flora o...
Climate change poses severe threat to bowhead whale habitat (May 22, 2025)
New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects t...
Ox-eye daisy, bellis and yarrow: Flower strips with at least two sown species provide 70 percent more natural enemies of pests (May 22, 2025)
Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural en...
Forest management can influence health benefits (May 20, 2025)
Forests play a crucial role in promoting health and wellbeing, but not all forests provide the sa...
Native turtles return to Yosemite after removal of invasive bullfrogs (May 20, 2025)
After invasive American bullfrogs 'croak,' native turtles return to Yosemite, finds a new study.
Thousands of animal species threatened by climate change (May 20, 2025)
A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and als...
Scientists describe 71 new Australian bee species (May 19, 2025)
A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, o...
Fitness fight: Native bees struggle against invasive honey bee (May 19, 2025)
New research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian ...
Dual associations with two fungi improve tree fitness (May 15, 2025)
When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tr...
Should we protect non-native species? A new study says maybe (May 14, 2025)
A new study found that over a quarter of the world's naturalized plant species are threatened in ...
Europe's forest plants thrive best in light-rich, semi-open woodlands -- kept open by large herbivores (May 14, 2025)
Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and ligh...
Invasive salmon, clams and seaweed are next threats to biodiversity in Britain (May 12, 2025)
Pink salmon, Purple Asian clams, marine invertebrates that form spaghetti-like colonies and a nem...
The kids are hungry: Juvenile European green crabs just as damaging as adults (May 12, 2025)
Scientists have found that juvenile European green crabs can do as much damage as adults to shell...
First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered (May 9, 2025)
Scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The un...
Invasive rats and rainforest mammals are sharing gut microbes as urban areas grow (May 1, 2025)
As urban development continues to creep further into Earth's oldest and most diverse rainforests,...
Restoring oil wells back to nature with moss (Apr 30, 2025)
In what could represent a milestone in ecological restoration, researchers have implemented a met...
When sea stars fall, sea otters rise: Sea otters benefit from prey boom triggered by loss of ochre sea stars (Apr 30, 2025)
In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of No...
New pests and diseases will cut UK tree growth (Apr 28, 2025)
The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands i...
Elephant instead of wild boar? What could have been in Europe (Apr 28, 2025)
Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still liv...
Want to understand grasslands? Look at the bigger picture (Apr 28, 2025)
New research asks how local and regional factors determine the makeup of plant species in grassla...
Invasive weed threatens Southern California's deserts (Apr 24, 2025)
Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive w...
More ticks carry Lyme disease bacteria in pheasant-release areas (Apr 21, 2025)
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants ...
Introduced trees are becoming more common in the eastern United States, while native diversity declines (Apr 21, 2025)
In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across mu...
Experiment in floodplain forest: Using tree mortality to support oak regeneration (Apr 16, 2025)
The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are stru...
Fishing for cephalopod DNA allows for efficient marine surveying (Apr 14, 2025)
New DNA probes allow for efficient surveying of the hidden lives of squids and octopuses in the d...
Declining insect biodiversity in the tropics (Apr 8, 2025)
Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. I...
Termite stowaways: Study reveals boats as perfect vessels for global termite spread (Apr 7, 2025)
A study reveals that termites are not simply spreading through natural processes, suggesting huma...
How this tiny snake could change our view of genetics (Apr 2, 2025)
By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile ...
A borrowed bacterial gene allowed some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet (Apr 1, 2025)
A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get...
The food and fuel that farms itself (Apr 1, 2025)
Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. The...
If native plants are going to survive climate change, they need our help to move -- here's how to do it safely (Mar 26, 2025)
Many native plants in the U.S. cannot possibly move themselves fast enough to avoid climate-chang...
Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees (Mar 26, 2025)
Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but f...
The devastating human impact on biodiversity (Mar 26, 2025)
Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number o...
Ecologists document Utah's bee species and say beehive state is rich in bee diversity (Mar 25, 2025)
Understanding bee distributions is essential to protecting these vital pollinators. Since conserv...
How extreme weather threatens nature's essential services (Mar 24, 2025)
A new model suggests that timber production in Minnesota could decrease by half as windstorms int...
Introduced Pacific oysters provide biodiversity benefits in Port River (Mar 24, 2025)
The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management ...
Tiny musky rat-kangaroos hold the key to explain why 'roos hop (Mar 19, 2025)
To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky r...
Natural insect predators may serve as allies in spotted lanternfly battle (Mar 18, 2025)
Insect predators found in the United States could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in che...
Time is not the driving influence of forest carbon storage (Mar 18, 2025)
It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store, or 'sequester,' ...
How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive (Mar 17, 2025)
For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous ca...
Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji (Mar 17, 2025)
The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows t...
The long wait for bees to return to restored grasslands (Mar 13, 2025)
Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversit...
Social media can help track species as climate changes (Mar 13, 2025)
Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate cha...
New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered (Mar 12, 2025)
A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 ...
Death by feral cat: DNA shows cats to be culprits in killing of native animals (Mar 10, 2025)
Feral cats have long been suspects in killing native species reintroduced into Australian conserv...
Nearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinction (Mar 7, 2025)
A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popula...
Scientists develop advanced forest monitoring systems: Will forests monitor themselves in the future? (Mar 7, 2025)
'Forests are among the most important ecosystems in nature, constantly evolving, yet their monito...
Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change (Mar 6, 2025)
Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation...