Working landscapes can support diverse bird species
Privately-owned, fragmented forests in Costa Rica can support as many vulnerable bird species as can nearby nature reserves, according to a new study. Working...
North Carolina’s poultry farms are an unregulated environmental disaster
All eyes have been on the state's hog farms, while its poultry operations have quietly tripled in number over the past two decades with...
Fear of ‘killer shrimp’ could pose major threat to European rivers
The fear of invasive 'killer shrimp' can intimidate native organisms to such a degree that they are incapable of performing their vital role in...
Sponges collect penguin, seal, and fish DNA from the water they filter
Scientists report that sponges, which can filter 10,000 liters of water daily, catch DNA in their tissues as they filter-feed. This proof-of-concept study identified...
Over half a million corals destroyed by port of Miami dredging, study finds
New findings reveal significant damage to Miami's coral reefs from the 16-month dredging operation at the Port of Miami that began in 2013. The...
Environmental justice issues
New research examined the impact that bottom-up, community-level initiatives have in addressing environmental justice issues. They found that the best way to address a...
Elephant poaching declines in Africa, but 15,000 still illegally killed each year
Even though there has been notable progress, at current poaching rates elephants are still in danger of becoming virtually extinct on the continent.
Striped maple trees often change sexes, with females more likely to die
Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy sufferers have been sneezing, we think of sex as being the realm of animals. But...
New snake species in Europe named after a long-forgotten Iron Age kingdom
Based on the genetic and morphological data, researchers were able to say that the Blotched Rat Snake (Elaphe sauromates) is actually two different species...
Exploring the origins of the apple
Apples originally evolved in the wild to entice ancient megafauna to disperse their seeds. More recently, humans began spreading the trees along the Silk...
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