A fragmented habitat caused by intense human utilization in Zhejiang Province, China. Credit: WANG Yunquan With intensifying human activity, many species are threatened with extinction.…
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Researchers have discovered that ancient events from 20,000 years ago or more are still impacting the diversity and distribution of mammal species worldwide. It took…
Glacier National Park’s iconic mountain goats seek out vanishing snow patches where they cool and reduce their respiration. Credit: Wesley Sarmento – University of Montana…
This image shows the illumination of bat caves. Credit: Stefan Greif Artificial light influences the behavior of many nocturnal animals such as bats, which are…
As the climate changes, myriad animal populations are being impacted. In particular, Arctic sea-ice is in decline, causing polar bears in the Barents Sea region…
In a rapidly urbanizing world, the conversion of natural habitats into urban areas leads to a significant loss of biodiversity in cities. Credit: Pixabay /…
This is Dr. Sabine Lengger, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Plymouth. Credit: University of Plymouth Could Dark Carbon Be Hiding the True…
This is the Amazon canopy. Credit: Fernanda Coelho, University of Leeds An international team of researchers led by the University of Leeds have revealed for…
A clownfish in an anemone. Credit: Tim Gordon, University of Exeter Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds…
Sea turtle equipped with an animal-borne sensor. Credit: Miquel Gomila/SOCIB Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting…
We might not notice them, but the crops farmers grow are protected by scores of tiny invertebrate bodyguards. Naturally occurring arthropods like spiders and lady…
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America’s bald eagle population. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Geological…
Researchers in SW British Columbia, Canada excavate ancient shells from the beach of a “clam garden”—a constructed rock-face terrace—where Indigenous People cultivated clams. The clam…
Lago de Cahora Bassa in Mozambique was one of the lakes that Ho, Michalak, and Pahlevan’s study of the intensity of lakewater algal blooms showed…