Dead bats for sale hang in an Indonesian market. Credit: UC Davis The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spillover. As COVID-19…
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San Rafael Waterfall on November 28, 2012. Surrounded by lush vegetation and rare butterflies, the San Rafael Waterfall was one of the most captivating landscapes…
This is a bean market in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Neil Palmer / International Center for Tropical Agriculture The impact of global crises underscores the fragility…
Adansonia is a genus of deciduous trees known as baobabs that are found in arid regions of Madagascar, mainland Africa, Arabia, and Australia. A research…
Opening plastic packaging, such as plastic bags and bottles may contribute to the generation of small amounts of microplastics — small plastic particles less than…
Banded mongoose use scent-marking to communicate information to other individuals, but that behavior can also transmit pathogens. Credit: Carol Anne Nichols With outbreaks of infectious…
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 sediment core sample from an aquifer in Vietnam shows orange, arsenic-bearing iron oxides and black NOM. Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume…
According to calculations based on real-world data, large ecosystems, such as the Amazon rainforest, will collapse and disappear alarmingly quickly, once a crucial tipping point…
Cuttlefish wearing red and blue glasses. Credit: R. Feord / University of Minnesota 3D movies reveal how cuttlefish determine distance when striking at prey. While…
Herring gull. Credit: Madeleine Goumas Seagulls favor food that has been handled by humans, new research shows. Herring gulls were presented with two identical food…
New research compared greenhouse gas footprints of online versus traditional shopping. When consumers are trying to decide between traditional and online shopping, many factors come…
MIT graduate student Emily Hanhauser demonstrates a new device that may simplify the logistics of water monitoring for trace metal contaminants, particularly in resource-constrained regions.…
Understanding the Earth’s carbon cycle has important implications for understanding climate change and the health of biospheres. But scientists don’t yet understand how much carbon…
As adverse health effects of BPA have become more widely known, companies have turned to using alternative chemicals to develop plastic products — namely water…
The common giant tree frog from Madagascar is one of many species impacted by recent climate change. Credit: John J. Wiens University of Arizona researchers…
Drexel researchers have developed technology to help eliminate a chemical compound, originally used in nonstick pans, waterproofing and fire fighting foam, that has become a…
A new study finds that pollination is better in cities than in the countryside. Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are…
These two white-tailed deer, a fawn on the left and a female wearing a GPS collar on the right, were observed during an aerial survey…
A researcher collects gas samples at Soda Springs in the Philippines. Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Diving 200 feet under…