Ecology

A new QUT-led study has found both grazing mammals and plant-eating insects together play a major role in maintaining the health of Australia’s endangered grassy woodlands. The three-year study, conducted in lowland grassy woodlands of […]

Invasive species cost Canada billions of dollars each year. Now, a team led by UBC researchers has developed a new genomic test that can trace the Asian spongy moth—one of the biggest threats to North […]

New research led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is shining a spotlight on one of the ocean’s most overlooked habitats: seagrass. Led by Scripps Oceanography Ph.D. candidate Rilee Sanders, the […]

Droughts are becoming both more frequent and more intense in many parts of the world. Savannas, which cover nearly 20% of Earth’s land surface and play a key role in carbon, water and energy cycles, […]

Have you ever been in the woods and wondered what bug you’re hearing or which bird is singing? These days, new technologies are helping both scientists and the public identify what’s trilling, scuttling, tweeting, rustling, […]

Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world’s rivers and many are rapidly collapsing, according to a major new assessment by the Convention on […]

A new Caltech study indicates that drought increases the abundances of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in soils, which directly correlates with an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals. In other words, regions experiencing high aridity—hotter, drier regions—also […]

A research team led by the Museum für Naturkunde presents the first evidence that several bat species produce courtship songs in the immediate rotor-swept zone of wind turbines while circling around the nacelle. Data from […]

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as dengue and Zika viruses, transmit widely across the globe, posing threats to human health and biosecurity. They spread through the bites of arthropod vectors, moving between insects and vertebrate hosts. […]

Prolonged exposure to microplastics can disrupt vital physiological processes in gorgonians, such as respiration. Although these pollutants do not cause visible damage to tissues and cells, their effects could have an ecological impact on these […]