Sep. 15, 2020 — Scientists have investigated the influence of environmental variability on the behavioral repertoires of 144 social groups. The scientists found that chimpanzees living further away from historical ...
Sep. 15, 2020 — They are some of the most iconic and unique-looking creatures in our oceans. While some may think they look a bit 'odd,' one thing researchers agree on is that little is known about ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — A potential response of river fish to environmental changes is to colonize new habitats. But what happens when dams and weirs restrict their movement? And are native and alien species similarly ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — Animals in tropical and Mediterranean areas are the most sensitive to climate change and land use pressures, finds a new ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — A researcher may help answer why some animals have a magnetic 'sixth' sense, such as sea turtles' ability to return to the beach where they were born. The researchers proposes that the ...
Sep. 14, 2020 — A research team analyses the genetic diversity of the endangered four-eyed turtle, a species that has fallen victim to the growing wildlife trade in Vietnam. Having identified several distinct ...
Sep. 10, 2020 — The impacts of predator loss and climate change are combining to devastate living reefs that have defined Alaskan kelp forests for centuries, according to new ...
Sep. 10, 2020 — After 10 months of camera surveillance in the Tanzanian rainforest, researchers have concluded that female and male leopards are active at very different times of the day. The discovery contradicts ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — National parks are safe havens for endangered and threatened species, but an analysis by data scientists finds parks and protected areas can preserve more than ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — A tick species associated with bats has been reported for the first time in New Jersey and could pose health risks to people, pets and livestock, according to a new study. This species (Carios ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new ...
Sep. 8, 2020 — The genes regulating pluripotent stem cells in mammals are surprisingly similar across 48 species, researchers report. The study also shows that differences among these 'gene regulating ...
Sep. 7, 2020 — Scientists have developed a novel quantitative method to quantify the effects of plastic on marine animals. This method successfully shows that plastic ingestion by sea turtles might be causing ...
Sep. 8, 2020 — Many endangered mammal species are dependent on protected areas, and would likely vanish without them. Despite the success of protected areas, their popularity as a go-to conservation tool has ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Cat owners fall into five categories in terms of their attitudes to their pets' roaming and hunting, according to a new ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Networks of interactions among species are becoming increasingly similar across ecosystems, according to a global analysis. Data collected over the last 75 years show the accelerating pace that ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate - a finding a researcher says is another warning that global biodiversity is in deep trouble. The 1.25 million mite ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — A study of more than 2,000 species reveals animal populations around the world - from the very common to endangered species - are going up and down as global change alters land, sea and freshwater ...
Sep. 1, 2020 — Even though recognized in the Mediterranean Sea, the Macropodia czernjawskii spider crab was ignored by scientists (even by its namesake, 19th-century biologist Vladimir Czernyavsky) in the regional ...
Sep. 1, 2020 — Caught in an Atlantic hurricane, satellite-tagged loggerhead turtles changed their dive behavior and movement patterns as the storm passed. The tags also recorded changes in the ...
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