Can a tiny invasive snail help save Latin American coffee?
While conducting fieldwork in Puerto Rico's central mountainous region in 2016, ecologists noticed tiny trails of bright orange snail excrement on the undersurface of...
New study provides insights for detecting the invasive brown treesnake
Visual surveys alone cannot sufficiently detect the Brown Treesnake (BTS), which was introduced to the island of Guam around the time of WWII and...
Platypus on brink of extinction
New research calls for national action to minimize the risk of the platypus vanishing due to habitat destruction, dams and weirs.
Predicting non-native invasions in Antarctica
A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over the next decade. It provides a baseline for...
Novel avian species: 10 new bird taxa in islands of Wallacea
A research team found five bird species and five subspecies new to science in three small island groups off Sulawesi, Indonesia. The islands are...
Moths’ flight data helps drones navigate complex environments
The flight navigation strategy of moths can be used to develop programs that help drones to navigate unfamiliar environments, report researchers.
Fish switch: Identity of mystery invader in Florida waters corrected after 20 years
Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater fish that has been swimming in Florida's waters for at...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a symbiotic mycorrhizal relationship. In exchange for a bit of sugar, the fungus acts...
Jaguars could prevent a not-so-great American biotic exchange
In eastern Panama, canid species from North and South America are occurring together for the first time. Urban and agricultural development and deforestation along...
Understanding why songbirds choose their homes
New research by biologists uses a new approach to modelling the populations of six species of songbirds in Canada's boreal forest -- and the...
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