Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in such a way that accelerates the production…
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Chemical Recycling Makes Useful Product From Waste Bioplastic A faster, more efficient way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics” has been developed by a team of scientists…
A fisherman with a pinger. Credit: Fishtek Marine Underwater sound devices called “pingers” could be an effective, long-term way to prevent porpoises from getting caught…
Flowering strip plants like sunflowers can help increase bee reproduction, according to a new study. Credit: Photo courtesy of Ben Barnhart Flowering strips – pollinator-friendly…
Photographic evidence of cannibalistic behavior; Mnemiopsis leidyi larvae (next to red arrows) within the auricles of an adult. Credit: Jamileh Javidpour/University of Southern Denmark In…
Trees are a small piece of what needs to be a broader strategy of fighting climate change, says ecologist Karen Holl. Credit: Pedro Brancalion Campaigns…
Sediment cores collected from the offshore fan deposited by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers shows that a shift towards warmer and wetter climate over the…
Two Spinosaurus hunt Onchopristis, a prehistoric sawfish, in the waters of the Kem Kem river system in what is now Morocco. Credit: Jason Treat, NG…
Study from international team of researchers, including University of Massachusetts Amherst biologist John Rowan, shows introduced species can restore a lost world. When cocaine kingpin…
A cougar sits over its kill site in northeastern Washington. The photo was captured using a wildlife camera. Credit: Melia Devivo/Washington Department of Fish and…
Herds of herbivores, such as horses, preserve the permafrost — even under strong global warming. Credit: Pleistocene Park New Mitigation Strategy Bears Great Potential Permafrost…
Greek Meadow Viper (Vipera graeca) on Tymfi Mountain in Greece. Credit: Edvárd Mizsei Climate change is a key factor contributing to the likely extinction of…
Domestic cats can have big effects on local wildlife, according to a citizen-science project that tracked house cats and counted their prey. Credit: Roland Kays…
A global group of scientists is calling for an urgent rethink on a draft action plan to safeguard biodiversity. The provisional action plan[1], unveiled in…
As the power of extreme weather events increase with climate change, an international team of 39 scientists warn that lakes around the world may dramatically…
Experimental ponds in Gault Nature Reserve. Credit: Vincent Fugère Study examines the resilience of freshwater ecosystems contaminated by Roundup herbicide. One of the world’s most…
Bumblebee foraging on a flower. Credit: Tara Cox / Imperial College London Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform…
Daphnia (zooplankton) carrying a resting egg. Credit: Dieter Ebert (CC BY-SA 4.0) Why do predators sometimes lay dormant eggs — eggs which are hardy, but…
Craspedotropis gretathunbergae. Credit: Taxon Expeditions A new to science species of land snail was discovered by a group of citizen scientists working together with scientists…
Undergraduate research assistant David Karasz, prepares cultures of Paraburkholderia for scanning electron microscopy to identify cellular structures involved in chain formation. Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell…