Deforestation in the Amazon causes temperatures to rise up to 100 km away. Taking this regional warming into account can help us better predict future warming in the forest.
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Featured Image Caption: Screwworm flies lay eggs on unsuspecting hosts so larvae (maggots) can develop underneath the skin. “Screwworm-Cochliomyia hominivorax”
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Specific traits – including longevity, small size, and having a broad diet – predict whether birds will thrive in urban environments
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Featured Image Caption: Pistol shrimp and goby fish make great roommates. The pistol shrimp has poor eye sight, but can
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Most of us have heard of camouflage, but what about acoustic camouflage? Moth scales may interfere with bats’ echolocation, helping to keep moths hidden from predators.
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Agriculture 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.
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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are sensitive to changes in temperature. To survive, salmon must be adaptable, particularly in a warming and increasingly unpredictable climate. However, little is known about how this culturally valuable fish responds to dramatic changes in temperature.
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Climate 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?
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Coral 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.
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Roughly 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.
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