Ecology
When ants battle bumble bees, nobody wins
When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive.This article was originally published on this website.
Ecology
Ecology
Rainfall and temperature shape mosquito fauna in Atlantic Forest bromeliads, including malaria vectors
The transmission of malaria by the Anopheles cruzii mosquito in the South and Southeast of Brazil was so alarming in the 1940s—with approximately 4,000 cases per 100,000 people—that the disease became known as bromeliad malaria. […]
Ecology
Imaging reveals bacterial symbionts in the ovaries of tiny, aquatic crustaceans
Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged a heritable form of bacterial symbiosis inside the reproductive system of tiny crustaceans known as ostracods.This article was originally published on this website.
Ecology
How stressors shape life in rivers
Agriculture, wastewater, dams, the runoff of fine sediments from croplands and, last but not least, climate change with its rising temperatures are changing the quality and structure of freshwater ecosystems, especially rivers. However, until now […]
Ecology
75% of Kilimanjaro’s natural plants have been wiped out, and climate change isn’t the biggest threat
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is sold to the world as frozen romance and pure nature. But the real story today is at its feet, not its peak.This article was originally published on this website.
Ecology
What can a whale’s breath tell us? A lot about its health, according to new study
A new study published today in The ISME Journal marks the first time scientists have shown a connection between respiratory microbes and the health of a free-ranging whale population.This article was originally published on this […]
Ecology
Anthropogenic changes threaten survival of Eastern Himalayan birds
Insectivorous birds found in the understory of the Eastern Himalayas are under threat due to habitat degradation, a new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found.This article was originally published on this […]
Ecology
Bees thrive in overlooked pockets of Puget Sound
To the casual observer, it’s nothing more than an abandoned golf course. But the land, along with other weedy, minimally maintained “marginal lands” in the Puget Sound area, is home to scores of wild bee […]
Ecology
Global footprint of wildlife trade highlights biodiversity threats
New research has shed light on the vast and largely unmonitored trade of wildlife around the world, revealing alarming threats to biosecurity and the survival of many species.This article was originally published on this website.
Ecology
Could altering mosquitoes’ internal clocks stop them from biting?
People who live in the tropical areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reside have probably known for centuries, or even millennia—thanks to their itchy bites—that the mosquitoes hunt most often at dawn and dusk. A new […]