Climate change, specifically rising levels of carbon dioxide, can have different ecological impacts. A new study shows how elevated levels of carbon dioxide can confuse some moths when they look for sites to lay eggs.
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An ever-expanding human population means more roads, more cars, and more traffic noise. But how does all this racket affect the animals living alongside us, like bees? A recent study examines whether increasing noise pollution affects the pollination behavior of bumblebees, and outline implications for the future of urban agriculture.
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Light pollution can negatively affect animals’ sleep, behavior, and physiology. A recent study in crows suggests that social interactions can reduce the adverse effects of light pollution.
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Parasitic plants are a bit like vampires; they suck the sap out of other plants. Because of their unusual lifestyle, these plants’ impacts on their community of neighboring plants and animals can be complicated and surprising. A team of researchers in Chile asked an interesting question: Do parasitic plants benefit from the cascading effects they have on their communities of neighboring plants and animals?
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Researchers observed the responses by live locusts to robot locusts infected with a fungal pathogen
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Genetic analyses suggest that a population of island-dwelling iguanas in Fiji first arrived by rafting across 5000 miles of open ocean. Traveling from the homeland of their closest relatives in western North America, this journey breaks records for the longest known overwater dispersal of any land animal.
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Featured Image Caption: Two shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) by MarkConlin, public domain from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Featured Image caption: Urban Lizard (Podacris muralis) by Gzen92 CC by SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsPrimary Source Article: Moore, M.
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Featured Image Caption: Orcas travel great distances to hunt prey using echolocation. They are social animals that hunt in groups.
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Oceanic seabirds can spend weeks at a time traveling thousands of kilometers in search of food on the open ocean. A new study finds a perplexing and never-before-seen behavior in which birds intentionally follow cyclones across the north Atlantic. Researchers compared the trajectories of storms with GPS tracks of birds and examined how ocean conditions change in the wakes of cyclones. They conclude that cyclones enhance mixing of ocean waters and bring prey to the surface where they are easily accessible food sources for birds.
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