Urgent Action to Protect California Spotted Owls Recommended by Wildlife Biologists
In the Pacific Northwest, the range expansion of Barred Owls has contributed to a conservation crisis for Northern Spotted Owls, which are being displaced from…
In the Pacific Northwest, the range expansion of Barred Owls has contributed to a conservation crisis for Northern Spotted Owls, which are being displaced from…
Researchers discover that neonicotinoid seed treatments are driving a dramatic increase in insecticide toxicity in U.S. agricultural landscapes, despite evidence that these treatments have little…
New UNSW research calls for national action to minimize the risk of the platypus vanishing due to habitat destruction, dams, and weirs. Australia’s devastating drought…
Researchers Analyzed Over One Million Records Representing Over 25,000 Species Across 80 Countries A first of its kind, global study on the impacts of human…
Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the entire world. Their feathers are iridescent—light bounces off them like a soap bubble, resulting in…
A study tracing acoustic communication across the tree of life of land-living vertebrates reveals that the ability to vocalize goes back hundreds of millions of…
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology Letters the…
Small Mammals in South America Help Scientists See Forest-Wide Patterns “Save the rainforests” is a snappy slogan, but it doesn’t tell the full story of…
Sanitary care by social ants shapes disease outcome — study published in Ecology Letters. Who wins in a competition is largely dependent on the opponent…
E. coli and A. baylyi form intricate flower patterns under the microscope. Microbial communities inhabit every ecosystem on Earth, from soil to rivers to the…
Meerkat clans perform a ‘war dance’ to frighten opponents and protect their territory, according to a new UCL and University of Cambridge study. Published in…
Biologists from The University of Manchester have explained for the first time why having a good night’s sleep really could prepare us for the rigors…
How did the monstrous giant squid – reaching school-bus size, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards…
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up. A book is made of wood. But it is not a…
In December 2019 the team of scientists and conservationists repeated the egg collection from the northern white rhinos in Kenya and was able to create…
Imagine you are flipped upside down and standing on your head. After a few seconds, you would feel pressure in your head due to an…
New viruses that cause diseases often come from animals. Well-known examples of this are the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes, bird flu viruses, as well…
Protein could be key to saving crops endangered by extreme weather or climate change. New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant…