Ecology

Underneath the ocean’s surface lies a vast and ancient world. As demand for sustainable technologies increases, attention is shifting deep beneath the waves.This article was originally published on this website.

From agriculture and urban land clearance to loss of habitat and feral animal predation, native wild animals and their food sources face a rising tide of threats caused by human activities.This article was originally published […]

Australian ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the mysterious and endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart: it is partial to climbing trees.This article was originally published on this website.

For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country’s dwindling population.This article was originally published on this […]

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial wombats, flightless birds, and short-faced giant kangaroos known as sthenurines.This article was originally published on this […]

This year’s whale season offered spectacular encounters with these majestic giants as thousands of whales migrated along Australia’s east coast.This article was originally published on this website.

A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR) has conducted the first comprehensive ecological–biotechnological seaweed survey in Israel. Their findings suggest that the unique ecological conditions […]

Some ancient stony corals were able to survive extreme environmental changes, which suggests that some modern species could also possess some resilience to the effects of climate change, according to research published in Nature.This article […]

Above Missouri’s wetlands, a drone quietly hums above flocks of migratory water birds, its camera capturing the ripples of movement below. With this technology, University of Missouri researchers are redefining how wildlife is studied and […]

Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of land without putting their paws on the ground.This article was originally […]