Avian Urbanites: Which Birds Can Make it in the Urban Jungle?
Specific traits – including longevity, small size, and having a broad diet – predict whether birds will thrive in urban environments
Read moreSpecific traits – including longevity, small size, and having a broad diet – predict whether birds will thrive in urban environments
Read moreAgriculture uses pesticides to maintain continuous food production. But what is the effect of these chemicals on aquatic animals? With this in mind, researchers from Brazil collaborated to study the effect of one of the most used pesticides in the country on zebrafish.
Read moreIn addition to being terrible for biodiversity, bottom trawling releases a huge amount carbon from the sea floor. Researchers have quantified this previously obscure source of emissions, with the total roughly equal to those released annually by Argentina.
Read moreClimate doesn’t just change across different biomes – even a single tree can have multiple climates. How do the canopy and forest floor differ in their climate, and how does this impact species at these locations?
Read moreCoral reefs are one of the most important marine ecosystems in the world, but climate change and other stressors are pushing on their wellbeing and leading to degradation. That’s where reef restoration comes in, where scientists and volunteers work to reproduce tiny corals and transplant them onto degraded reefs—but this restoration mostly focused on survivability, and not variety. In a new approach, a group of scientists have constituted what they call “Reef Carpets”, which are patches of restoration efforts filled with biodiversity. They found that these “Carpets” jumpstart a whole reef ecosystem, leading to better outcomes in the long run.
Read moreRoughly half of cropland is salt stressed worldwide. Finding ways to enhance crop yield is of great importance. Using bacteria that produce biofilms to protect plants under harsh conditions may be a sustainable solution.
Read moreSavannas across Africa have fewer hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures and secretary birds than in previous decades. Which species are the most at-risk, and what can be done to protect them?
Read morePrescribed burns of tall-grass prairies affect ecosystem-wide bee distribution and diversity.
Read morePlant communities have a secret survival tool buried underground: the soil seed bank. When the environment changes, the seed bank helps buffer the plant community against those changes. But what if the seed bank can’t survive the environmental changes either? Scientists explore a wetland to learn more about the secretive soil seed bank.
Read moreHarmful Algal Blooms are an increasingly frequent phenomenon, but may be mitigated with help from a surprising source.
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