An adult zebra shark at Shedd Aquarium’s Wild Reef exhibit. Credit: ©Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez Asexual reproduction is prevalent among animals such as starfish, deep-sea worms,…
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Cinnamon-colored black bears are a unique subspecies of the American black bear that are known for their distinctive reddish-brown coat. These bears can be found…
Artist’s reconstruction of Ignacius dawsonae surviving six months of winter darkness in the extinct warm temperate ecosystem of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Credit: Kristen Miller,…
Direct or indirect interaction with nature is particularly important during childhood. Credit: Gladys Barragan-Jason A review of scientific literature suggests that urbanization is leading to…
Waterhemp can drastically reduce corn and soy yields, as seen on the right in a corn field in Essex County. Credit: Julia Kreiner, University of…
The tree of life is a metaphor used to describe the evolutionary relationships between all living organisms. It is represented as a branching diagram, with…
Location of identified multi-species ecological linkages and wilderness areas and ungulate migratory routes that intersect linkages between Yellowstone and Glacier park assemblages in the northern…
The Florida Reef Tract is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third largest coral barrier reef system in…
Coral colonies of the species Colpophyllia natans and Orbicella faveolata maintained in the Experimental Reef Laboratory aquarium systems. These corals were rescued from a seawall…
Pandemics are global outbreaks of infectious diseases that spread rapidly and affect a large number of people. They can be caused by a variety of…
Gorilla. Taken by a wildlife camera. Credit: TEAM – Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network A network of wildlife cameras and 2.3 million photos show…
An area prepared for planting in a degraded forest adjacent to the Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Planting locations are marked with sticks. Credit: Lindsay…
How do fireworks change the behavior of wild birds? Credit: Helmut Kruckenberg Changes in bird behavior persist long after the fireworks are gone. Researchers from…
Blyth’s Kingfisher (Alcedo hercules). Credit: Joe Tobias According to recent research, bird species with extreme or rare combinations of traits face the greatest danger of…
Michigan State University doctoral student Kyle Jaynes shines a light on a harlequin frog rediscoveries in Ecuador. Credit: Alex Achig-Vega Through literature review and fieldwork,…
Fruiting bodies of shaggy scalycap (Pholiota sp.) on a log just off the Appalachian Trail in Hanover, New Hampshire. Credit: Bala Chaudhary New scientific review…
Thousands of species are currently listed as “data deficient.” We know very little about a large number of species. Unfortunately, it is not always a…
Taken during the 2021 ‘desierto florido‘ event near Caldera, Chile. The purple background is due to Cistanthe longiscapa, the object of this study. Credit: Oven…
Examples of impacted insects: emperor dragonfly, Quino Checkerspot butterfly, yellow-banded bumblebee and hyperparasitoid Gelis agilis (from upper left to lower right). Credit: Tim Bekaert, Andrew…
Drone image of a car driving through the NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of the fairy-circle regions in Namibia where the researchers undertook grass excavations, soil…