Ecology

Now that the Paris Olympics and Paralympics have disappeared from our screens, let’s get back to watching animal videos.This article was originally published on this website.

We could be witnessing the sixth mass extinction at an alarming rate worldwide. It’s marked by the rapid loss of species due to human activities like habitat destruction, pollution and climate change. Unlike previous mass […]

Scientists have shown that light pollution—especially light in the blue spectrum—can alter the behavior of fish after only a few nights, and have knock-on effects for their offspring. The team from China has studied how […]

The diving gear is on, the cameras are ready—biologist Eduardo Sampaio and his colleagues are set to go. They dive in the Red Sea, scanning left and right underwater—and wonder: Where can an octopus hunting […]

Since the 1970s, coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) have experienced catastrophic declines in coral cover, with as much as a 50% reduction between 1998 and 2011 alone. Although coral reefs […]

New research out of Southern Cross University has found previously undocumented variation in coral heat tolerance on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, giving hope that corals’ own genetic resources may hold the key for us to […]

Researchers working in Finland propose that the unique light environment of the Earth’s polar regions creates conditions that result in circumpolar hybrid zones around the North and the South Poles. These extreme conditions increase the […]

Researchers from the CANECEV laboratory, an international collaboration between Deakin University and the University of Montpellier, have observed for the first time the birth of transmissible tumors in freshwater brown hydras—tiny, jellyfish-like creatures.This article was […]

A study published in PeerJ Life and Environment has uncovered alarming levels of seafood mislabeling and the use of ambiguous market names in Calgary’s seafood market, often concealing species of conservation concern. This research marks […]

A polar bear was spotted in Iceland for the first time since 2016—and was promptly shot dead by police.This article was originally published on this website.