New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…
Plentiful catches are now the stuff of history books. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) reports cod populations from the…
The new eBird Gulf Coast Oil Spill Bird Tracker on the site enables people to gain quick access to interactive maps showing the latest bird reports.Audubon…
Faculty of Natural Resources, PSU has learned about the death of farmed mussels in Tambon South Kantang, Amphoe Kangtang, Trang Province where there are 89…
Technology for capturing carbon dioxide and safely storing it underground rather than releasing it to the atmosphere holds significant promise in the U.S. and…
Microbiologist Walter Mulbry works at the ARS Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Research Unit in Beltsville, Md., which is located in the…
Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…
The pulp mills of today could gain additional value from the wood used in pulp production, if valuable wood components from forest residue and side-streams…
The volcano began emitting steam and ash on 20 March, wreaking havoc on European aviation last month. Renewed activity earlier this week caused some flights to…
The study looked at wildlife populations in northern Republic of Congo over a mosaic of land-use types, including a national park, a community-managed reserve,…
Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown that high concentrations of this substance can have an impact on the marine environment.Since TBT…
Populations of shore-breeding wading birds have fallen dramatically in Sweden. One reason is that ground-nesting birds' nests are being robbed by other…
Researchers from the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology sailed late Tuesday on a university research ship to obtain core sediment samples…
This science-fiction scenario is actually being researched at the Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and the Institute for Biological Production Systems (IBPS) at the…
Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…
As a scientist working in the active tectonics of the Peruvian Andes – funded through the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Institute for Geophysics and…
Currently the yearly General Assembly of the European Geological Union takes place in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Olaf Eisen from the German Alfred Wegener Institute…