Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform a simple…
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.
Why do predators sometimes lay dormant eggs — eggs which are hardy, but take a…
A new species of land snail, previously unknown to science, was discovered by a group…
Cornell researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria – which they named in…
Like many people, plants are less active at night. The agency’s ‘space botanist’ can see…
Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond known satellite footprint, fishing closures. Toxic and invisible…
Temperature experiments found that a shrew-like species may not be able to adequately respond physiologically…
Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University…
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and, surprisingly, artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering…
Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; enough nutrients to meet…
Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused…
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where…
In the Pacific Northwest, the range expansion of Barred Owls has contributed to a conservation…
Researchers Analyzed Over One Million Records Representing Over 25,000 Species Across 80 Countries A first…
In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, especially…
Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine…
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a…
In December 2019 the team of scientists and conservationists repeated the egg collection from the…