Shallow soils promote savannas in South America
The boundary between South American tropical rainforests and savannas is influenced by the depth to which plants can root, research indicates. Shallow rooting depth...
Fruit-eating increases biodiversity
By dispersing the seeds of plants, fruit-eating animals contribute to the possibility of increased plant speciation and thus biodiversity, investigators have discovered.
New magma pathways after giant lateral volcano collapses
Giant lateral collapses are huge landslides occurring at the flanks of a volcano. Such collapses are rather common events during the evolution of a...
Moment of impact: A journey into the Chicxulub Crater
When the Chicxulub asteroid slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago, it obliterated 80 percent of Earth's species, blasted out a crater 200...
Herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have revealed how oxidative stress explains a common herbicide's link to risk of Parkinson's disease.
Rethinking well-being and sustainability measurements from local to global scales
A new study suggests that standard ways of measuring well-being and sustainability in communities used by global organizations may be missing critical information and...
Smart birds: Canada geese give hunters the slip by hiding out in Chicago
It's open season for Canada geese in Illinois from mid-October to mid-January. Unfortunately for hunters, Canada geese are finding a new way to stay...
Rising sea levels creating first Native American climate refugees
Rising sea levels and human activities are fast creating a 'worst case scenario' for Native Americans of the Mississippi Delta who stand to lose...
Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests
Even low levels of logging in the Amazon rainforest may lead to great losses in biodiversity, new research has found. The research looked at...
Scientists warn that saline lakes in dire situation worldwide
Saline lakes around the world are shrinking in size at alarming rates. But what -- or who -- is to blame? Lakes like Utah's...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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