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Ecology

Musical cicadas brought back to UK from France

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

Cicadas, whose musical courtship calls once echoed around an ancient forest in southern England, have been reintroduced from France by conservationists hoping to re-establish the insect’s UK population.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Colorado’s wolves have produced new pups, state agency confirms

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

The wolves roaming the state have new pups that are being monitored by wildlife officials, Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed Thursday.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

In unlikely relationship, endangered herons seek out Chicago zoo’s red wolves for protection

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter. The alligators swarming the murky waters below […]

Ecology

Making trees in fire-maintained forest less susceptible to drought

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

Research by a Ph.D. graduate from the biology department at The University of New Mexico finds that frequent fires have the potential to reduce tree water stress. Kevin Willson, a postdoctoral researcher with the Forest […]

Ecology

Pangolins in Nigeria may be hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed by people in the region, rather than for scales shipped to East Asia, a new study led by the University […]

Ecology

Koalas set to benefit from new genetic screening tool

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

A University of Queensland-led project has developed a tool to standardize genetic testing of koala populations, providing a significant boost to conservation and recovery efforts.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Swarm intelligence directs longhorn crazy ants to clear the road ahead for sisters carrying bulky food

June 13, 2025 Phys Org

Among the tens of thousands of ant species, incredible “intelligent” behaviors like crop culture, animal husbandry, surgery, “piracy,” social distancing, and complex architecture have evolved.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Magnesium-modified wheat straw biochar can improve soil health

June 12, 2025 Phys Org

Modified (metal oxide) biochar is widely used for the remediation of degraded soils, but there has been limited research work on its effect on phosphorus (P) fractionation and biochemical properties under different soil conditions.This article […]

Ecology

Public database on soil fungi can enhance ecological restoration by identifying best-suited species

June 12, 2025 Phys Org

Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange for sugars. These plant-fungal relationships are the most common type of symbiosis in the world, but scientists know […]

Ecology

Rats in Australia may have genetic mutation that increases resistance to widely used poisons

June 12, 2025 Phys Org

A team of wildlife management specialists, environmental toxicologists and geneticists at the Conservation and Biodiversity Research Center, Edith Cowan University, in Australia, has found that some black rats living in Australian cities have developed a […]

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