Invasive species sound off about impending ecosystem changes (Apr 20, 2024)
Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess, but what if there was a wa...
Dog attacks on mountain tapirs highlight a growing threat to endangered wildlife (Apr 17, 2024)
Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are cal...
Unique field study shows how climate change affects fire-impacted forests (Apr 17, 2024)
During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team h...
New butterfly species created 200,000 years ago by two species interbreeding (Apr 17, 2024)
Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other speci...
New tagging method provides bioadhesive interface for marine sensors on diverse, soft, and fragile species (Apr 16, 2024)
Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide imp...
Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit-eating birds (Apr 15, 2024)
Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequest...
Ants in Colorado are on the move due to climate change (Apr 10, 2024)
Ant species living in Boulder's foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, p...
New report 'braids' Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change (Apr 10, 2024)
Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe drought...
Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees (Apr 10, 2024)
A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rond nia, carried out in the 1990s, is s...
Cold-affinity algae species are gradually being replaced by warm-affinity ones off the coast of Biscay (Apr 10, 2024)
A study has analyzed the impact of the rise in sea surface temperature on macroalgae communities ...
'Teacher Toads' can save native animals from toxic cane toads (Apr 9, 2024)
Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killi...
Rusty-patched bumblebee's struggle for survival found in its genes (Apr 4, 2024)
The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its...
AI helps to detect invasive Asian hornets (Apr 3, 2024)
Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect invasive Asian hornets and raise the alarm, new res...
These plants evolved in Florida millions of years ago: They may be gone in decades (Apr 2, 2024)
Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you've probably never heard of. More than half o...
Older trees help to protect an endangered species (Apr 2, 2024)
The oldest trees in the forest help to prevent the disappearance of endangered species in the nat...
Melting glaciers in a warmer climate provide new ground for invasive species (Apr 1, 2024)
In 2022 and 2023, biologists from research institutes in the UK and the Falkland Islands led two ...
Canada lynx historic range in US likely wider than previously thought (Apr 1, 2024)
A broader past could mean a brighter future for Canada lynx in the U.S., according to recent rese...
Biologists uncover new species of tiger beetle: Eunota houstoniana (Mar 27, 2024)
Evolutionary biologists have unearthed a new species of tiger beetle, deemed Eunota houstoniana, ...
Researchers find energy development and tree encroachment impact Wyoming pronghorn (Mar 26, 2024)
While Wyoming is home to some of North America's most abundant populations of pronghorn that have...
Two coral snakes recorded battling for prey in a scientific first (Mar 26, 2024)
Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented...
Seeing the forest for the trees: Species diversity is directly correlated with productivity in eastern U.S. forests (Mar 25, 2024)
When officials make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is of...
'Winners and losers' as global warming forces plants uphill (Mar 25, 2024)
Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill...
Product that kills agricultural pests also deadly to native Pacific Northwest snail (Mar 21, 2024)
A product used to control pest slugs on farms in multiple countries is deadly to least one type o...
Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds (Mar 21, 2024)
Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nu...
Decoding the Easter Bunny -- an eastern Finnish brown hare to represent the standard for the species' genome (Mar 20, 2024)
Biologists have published a chromosomally assembled reference genome for the European brown hare....
Why do tree frogs lay their eggs on the ground? (Mar 15, 2024)
A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of ...
Shark-bitten orcas in the Northeastern Pacific could be a new population of killer whale (Mar 15, 2024)
Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whal...
Dog-killing flatworm discovered in Southern California (Mar 14, 2024)
Scientists have confirmed that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Co...
Giant sequoias are a rapidly growing feature of the UK landscape (Mar 12, 2024)
Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native r...
Exploring arctic plants and lichens: An important conservation baseline for Nunavut's newest and largest territorial park (Mar 12, 2024)
A comprehensive study of the floristic diversity of Agguttinni Territorial Park, Nunavut's newest...
Rainforest's next generation of trees threatened 30 years after logging (Mar 12, 2024)
Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging h...
Mapping the future's sweet spot for clean energy and biodiversity (Mar 8, 2024)
A new study of Joshua trees, kit foxes and solar energy developments highlights the need to consi...
Reptile roadkill reveals new threat to endangered lizard species (Mar 7, 2024)
The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the inv...
Herbivores, displaced by ocean warming, threaten subtropical seagrass meadows (Mar 6, 2024)
The findings suggest that subtropical seagrasses are less resilient to heavy grazing from marine ...
Invasive plant time bombs: A hidden ecological threat (Mar 6, 2024)
Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries before rapidly expanding and wreak...
Antarctica's coasts are becoming less icy (Mar 4, 2024)
Scientists found unexpected evidence the area of polynyas around Antarctica is increasing dramati...
In wake of powerful cyclone, remarkable recovery of Pacific island's forests (Mar 2, 2024)
After one of the most intense cyclones in world history tore through the Pacific island of Tanna ...
Genetic research revealed several new fern species in tropical America (Feb 29, 2024)
Researchers have clarified the evolutionary history of a previously poorly known group of ferns f...
Bottlenecks and beehives: How an invasive bee colony defied genetic expectations (Feb 29, 2024)
An invasive Asian honeybee colony in northern Australia has defied expectations, displaying emerg...
Climate change threatens thousands of archaeological sites in coastal Georgia (Feb 28, 2024)
Thousands of historic and archaeological sites in Georgia are at risk from tropical storm surges,...
Study finds drought fuels invasive species after wildfires (Feb 28, 2024)
Scientists uncover the intricate dance between drought, wildfires and invasive species in Souther...
Birds and bee lessons as Pacific field trips also solve 'Michener's mystery' (Feb 26, 2024)
Eight new Pacific bee species and new insights into Fijian bird behaviour on Viti Levu Island hav...
Mice surprise: Researchers discover new native species (Feb 22, 2024)
Australia can lay claim to two new species of native rodent thanks to a new study. The aptly name...
Modeling tree masting (Feb 21, 2024)
The effects of a phenomenon called tree masting on ecosystems and food webs can be better underst...
Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity (Feb 21, 2024)
Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical...
Gulf corals still suffering more than a decade after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists report (Feb 20, 2024)
Deep-water corals in the Gulf of Mexico are still struggling to recover from the devastating Deep...
First-ever report of nesting of incredibly rare and endangered giant turtle (Feb 20, 2024)
Knowledge from local communities has resulted in the first-ever nesting evidence and discovery of...
Reforestation programs could threaten vast area of tropical grasslands (Feb 15, 2024)
New research reveals the scale of inappropriate reforestation projects across Africa. A new study...
Scientists are unravelling the secrets of red and grey squirrel competition (Feb 14, 2024)
Researchers have identified significant differences between the diversity of gut bacteria in grey...
Climate change drove the emergence of West Nile virus in Europe (Feb 14, 2024)
Researchers demonstrate the contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile ...