Across North America, mountain lions, bears and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once nearly exterminated, these animals have been recovering their populations and returning to the landscapes they […]
A new nationwide survey from the University of Copenhagen published in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism shows that most Danes would like to see more large animals in the forests. Danes prefer forests […]
Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University (SLCU) have identified a new species of ancient symbiotic fungus preserved within a 407-million-year-old plant fossil from Scotland. The discovery provides unprecedented three-dimensional insight […]
Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. The paper, “Herring gulls respond to the acoustic properties of men’s voices,” is published in Biology Letters.This article was originally published […]
Underwater passive acoustic recording is vital for researchers to monitor and study marine animals in their natural environment with minimal disturbance.This article was originally published on this website.
Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia’s creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the East African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of local communities.This article was originally published […]
A long-term analysis shows that a major Oregon reservoir abruptly swapped one type of toxic algae for another midway through the 12-year study period, absent any obvious cause. The project provides a novel look at […]
Millions of coral larvae on the Great Barrier Reef have an increased chance of replenishing degraded reefs thanks to the “larval seedbox”—a coral restoration technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, with Southern Cross […]
New research led by UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) has drastically increased the understanding of Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) underwater sound production, revealing a vocal repertoire far […]
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus terrestris—can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual cues. Their paper is […]
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