Museum specimens are helping scientists trace a deadly fungus linked to mysterious frog disappearances in…
Browsing: Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environments, from microscopic life to entire ecosystems. It examines the flow of energy and nutrients through food webs, the dynamics of populations and communities, and the impacts of environmental changes—both natural and human-induced. Ecologists seek to understand biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and the balance that sustains life on Earth. Their research informs conservation efforts, climate change responses, and sustainable resource management. This page showcases the latest findings that reveal how life connects and coexists across our planet.
The world may be closer to its 30% land conservation goal, but gaps in grassland…
Nature may have fewer backup plans than we thought, leaving our food supply and climate…
Climate change could give African antelopes an edge in the American West, with native wildlife…
A new study challenges traditional ideas about honey bee colonies. A honey bee colony may…
Once pushed to the brink, giant tortoises on a Seychelles atoll now outnumber the country’s…
Yellowstone’s wolves helped reduce elk numbers, but tree recovery remained limited, challenging the popular story…
Captive breeding has helped New Zealand’s largest giant wētā establish new wild populations, with at…
A humpback whale mother stayed beside her dead calf for hours, possibly days, in a…
Dinosaurs and their prey likely ate seaweed, which may help explain the unusually high carbon…
The search for North America’s biggest crayfish has turned a friendly rivalry into a scientific…
Even centuries after disturbance, recovering grasslands can remain dominated by a different kind of plant…
Iconic trees in areas with controlled burns are four times as likely to survive extreme…
A Stanford study found that mountain lion visits to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve set off…
The emerald ash borer is an invasive wood-boring beetle that has killed hundreds of millions…
Chinook salmon need cold water during the first weeks of development for their eggs to…
Red-winged blackbirds largely avoided striking rattlesnakes while aggressively attacking gopher snakes, revealing a striking difference…
The slow inland spread of round goby may give conservation managers a valuable window to…