Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification in temperate marine ecosystems are resulting in a loss…
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Ocean waves are one way microplastics enter the atmosphere. Ocean water, is full of insoluble plastic particles that bob to the top layer of water…
Ascension frigate. Credit: Sam Weber A vast seabird colony on Ascension Island creates a “halo” in which fewer fish live, new research shows. Ascension, a…
Wild fruits from Southern Africa show good potential to supplement diets with the building blocks of protein. Researchers from the University of Johannesburg studied 14…
Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing…
Genomic evidence for the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat conspecific (Felis silvestris bieti) and its introgression to domestic cats. Analyses of genomic data suggest…
Harpy Eagle. Harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja) — which are among the world’s largest eagle species — struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of…
Assortment of microplastics that were sifted from the ocean. Credit: NASA Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA…
Dusk falls on East Africa’s Turkana Basin 4 million years ago, where our early upright-walking ape ancestors, Australopithecus anamensis (foreground), shared their habitat with several…
Satellites reveal ocean microplastic fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River in China. An estimated eight million tons of…
New research from UMD shows ecology changed for tyrannosaurs as they grew up. Slender, agile young tyrannosaurs (left) hunted different prey and did so in…
Evolutionary Unique: The Natural History and Conservation Importance of Elusive Chinese Mountain Cat
Chinese mountain cat. Credit: Song Dazhao, CFCA Study highlights the evolutionary uniqueness and premier conservation importance of the elusive Chinese mountain cat. We know that…
Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of…
A herring gull chick and eggs. Credit: Prof Jon Blount Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research…
A rosy wolf snail marked and equipped with a Michigan Micro Mote computer system in the Fautaua-Iti Valley site in Tahiti. Credit: Inhee Lee Study…
Reef-building corals, such as elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), and their hybrid, all pictured here, coevolve with the microscopic algae that live…
There are more than 500 cichlid species in Africa’s Lake Malawi. They evolved from a few species that likely entered the lake about 3 million…
Perfect Bush-crow and Swallow habitat in Ethiopia. Credit: Andrew Bladon The White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni, are living in ‘climatic lifeboats’…
Noise and light pollution can change which birds visit our backyards. A new study reports that birds across the continental U.S. tend to avoid backyard…
Lionfish, like the one seen here in Belize, can be devastating for the local ecosystems they invade. Credit: Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences…