Bird-Brained Crows Outsmart Toxic Toads
Torresian crows have learned to prey on Australia’s invasive Cane toads.
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Case Studies
Indigenous and University Scientists Advance Protocols for eDNA Wildlife Monitoring
In an era of technological progress and collaborative conservation, Indigenous and university researchers worked together to find accessible and effective methods for tribes and other organizations monitoring local wildlife.
Read MoreCoastal Forests Are Dying—And It’s Not Agriculture to Blame Anymore
The Disappearing Wetlands Wetlands are disappearing and it is more than only the drying of water. It is the silent
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Diving Deep for Volcanic Deposits: What the Hunga Volcanic Eruption Teaches Us About the Deep Sea
According to Chaknova and colleagues, the Honga Volcano eruption was the largest in the modern satellite era. It produced a 58 km plume, a 20 m high tsunami, and a pressure wave that propagated around the world.
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Island-dwelling Iguanas First Arrived in Fiji by Rafting Across 5000 Miles of Open Ocean
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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Hive Minds: Bumblebees Collaborate to Learn Complex Behaviors
In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees have been shown to have a more sophisticated social culture than previously known. Bees could learn to solve a challenging puzzle through social interaction, demonstrating their ability to learn new and complex behaviors beyond their individual cognitive abilities. This study suggests that advanced social learning is not unique to humans, and encourages further exploration of collaboration and culture in the animal kingdom.
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Some Bees Just Want to See The Prairie Burn
Prescribed burns of tall-grass prairies affect ecosystem-wide bee distribution and diversity.
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Soil Quality Under Pressure
Industrial agriculture could be putting the soil in a pinch.
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Theory versus Reality: How Biodiversity Indicators Were Re-Evaluated in The Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Chimpanzees were thought to be an indicator of ecosystem biodiversity in the Gishwati-Mukura National Park until a group of scientists found there was no relationship between abundance of chimpanzee and biodiversity in that particular National Park—this does not mean this assumption is inherently wrong, it is just wrong for the area in question, showing us how biodiversity can be a difficult concept to measure.
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Do Mangoes Like It Hot? Climate Change And Your Favorite Fruit
Can your favorite fruits and vegetables survive the effects of climate change? Scientists are finding creative solutions to this problem.
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