Cold, dry planets could have a lot of hurricanes
Study overturns conventional wisdom that water is needed to create cyclones.
How climate change disrupts plant-animal relationships
Plants rely on bees for pollination; bees need plants to supply nectar and pollen. Scientists have studied how climate change affects these mutualistic interactions.
Fungal compound deodorizes skunk smell
Being sprayed by a skunk is no fun for people or their pets, and the strong, stinky secretions can serve as a nasty reminder...
Monarch butterflies rely on temperature-sensitive internal timer while overwintering
The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and somehow manage to find the same overwintering sites...
30,000+ US lives could be saved by reducing air pollution levels below current standard
Research findings show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air quality standard. The estimate of lives...
New treatment program offers hope for controlling wombat mange
New research is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations.
Rising CO2 levels could boost wheat yield but slightly reduce nutritional quality
Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising, which experts predict could produce more droughts and hotter temperatures. Although these weather changes would negatively...
Finding one’s way in the rainforest
How do human foragers find food or the way home in rainforests, where heavy vegetation limits visibility, without a map, compass, or smartphone? Researchers...
Cane toad testes smaller at the invasion front
Biological invasions impose novel evolutionary pressures. Individuals at an invasion front may allocate most of their resources to dispersing rather than reproducing. In the...
Algae living inside fungi: How land plants first evolved
New research presents evidence that algae could have piggybacked on fungi to leave the water and to colonize the land, over 500 million years...
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