Researchers from Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz and Duke University investigate a humpback whale by boat and drone in the surface waters near the Western…
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Active flame front of the Zaca Fire, the second largest fire on record in California. U.S. Forest Service. Credit: John Newman Statistical modeling highlights predictive…
New research published today in the journal Nature finds that gigantic baleen whales—such as blue, fin and humpback whales—eat an average of three times more…
Sweet spots of tropical biomass production emerge where favorable ocean conditions concentrate resources, and also their consumers. Here, schools of sweetlips, snappers, fusiliers, and unicornfishes…
A chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Credit: Daniel J. Field When an asteroid struck 66 million years ago and wiped out dinosaurs not related…
October 3, 2021 Satellite imagers can make oil spills easier to detect in open water. When oil leaks or spills into the ocean, the water…
The aquatic life of the San Pedro Mártir River in Tabasco, Mexico, finds refuge in the submerged roots of the red mangrove forests. Credit: Octavio…
Tagging reveals that closely bonded female bats leave the roost separately but reunite when hunting. During nightly foraging trips, female vampire bats preferentially meet up…
Analysis of data collected over 20 years suggests the decline is due to the construction of over 180 dams (dragonfly emerging from aquatic naiad state).…
Bees Are Dying in Large Numbers Around the World – Plant Compound May Protect Them From Deadly Virus
Plant compound may protect bees from deadly virus that makes them lose their way home. Around the world, honeybees are dying in large numbers. This…
A Kirtland’s Warbler in Michigan. Credit: Nathan W. Cooper The trillions of bacteria living in our guts play a crucial role in our ability to…
Study tracks foraging behavior of 50 bats in the wild. Vampire bats that form bonds in captivity and continue those “friendships” in the wild also hunt…
Credit: NEMCON The Environmental Management Branch at NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States…
The cultivation reactor that was used as the base of the model. Credit: Meiron Zollmann A new study by Tel Aviv University and University of…
Measurements of light intensity (white lines) and zooplankton abundance (black line) with ocean depth (z, in meters) show that when cloud shadows prevent sunlight from…
This image shows fish and coral. Credit: Tyler Eddy Coral reefs around the world are under threat because of climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more.…
Stemming from an ancient lineage, Indian wolves are one of the most evolutionarily distinct and endangered gray wolf populations. Credit: Mihir Godbole/The Grasslands Trust Scientists…
Bluefin tuna, a long-lived migratory species that accumulates mercury as it ages, can be used as a global barometer of the heavy metal and the…
Bacterial “miners” shown in relief working to process soil nutrients, some more efficiently than others. Bradyrhizobium is shown here consolidating its control of carbon from…
Humans acknowledge that personality goes a long way, at least for our species. But scientists have been more hesitant to ascribe personality—defined as consistent behavior…