For the regeneration of these degraded areas, seed dispersal of forest trees plays a crucial role but is still poorly understood. Most tree species are…
More than 20 research groups from all over Switzerland have worked on the climate change impacts report during the past two years. The unprecedented project…
Black sea bass are bottom-dwelling fish, and are often caught at depths of greater than 60 feet. When the fish are brought to the surface, the rapid change in…
In their joint publication in the journal „Ecology Letters” German and American biologists have reported an increase in biomass production in ecosystems…
Researchers are highlighting the urgent need to understand impacts of biomass burning and haze on Southeast Asian marine ecosystems in a paper published in the…
The “lost years” refer to the time after turtles hatch and head out to sea until they are seen again upon returning to near-shore waters as large juveniles….
The zone of overlap between two popular, closely related backyard birds is moving northward at a rate that matches warming winter temperatures, according to a…
Climate change and its effects on habitats and on the plant and animal worlds is one of the major challenges facing protected areas all over Europe. The…
In recent decades it was found that around four-fifths of all hydrogen released into the air is rapidly removed through soil activity, but exactly what is…
A new study from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) demonstrates that it is possible to…
Although widely used assessments of threatened species, such as the IUCN Red List, were not developed with the effects of climate change in mind, a study of 36…
But “almost nothing is known regarding how pathogens of pollinators are transmitted at flowers,” postdoctoral researcher Scott McArt and Professor Lynn Adler…
The Wildlife Conservation Society applauds the Government of Indonesia for its recent decision to protect the world’s largest ray species, the giant and reef…
What their model revealed for this particular forest of hardy native Metrosideros polymorpha trees on the windward slope of Manua Kea, is that an incumbent…
A new study published in the journal Science says that the total impact of switching to natural gas depends heavily on leakage of methane (CH4) during the…
In a presentation at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Michigan State University systems ecologist and modeler…
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