How brain cells in microscopic worm send electrical signals
It's the small pieces that make the big picture, and in this case, the pieces can't be seen by the naked eye. New research...
Climate change is leading to unpredictable ecosystem disruption for migratory birds
Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in...
Rethinking old-growth forests using lichens as an indicator of conservation value
Biologists propose a better way to assess the conservation value of North American old-growth forests -- using lichens, sensitive bioindicators of environmental change. Old-growth...
Biologists experimentally trigger adaptive radiation
Using host-specific parasites isolated on individual pigeon 'islands,' the scientists showed that descendants of a single population of feather lice adapted rapidly in response...
Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread
New prediction models factoring in climate, urbanization and human travel and migration offer insight into the recent spread of two key disease-spreading mosquitoes --...
New key players in the methane cycle
Methane is not only a powerful greenhouse gas, but also a source of energy. Microorganisms therefore use it for their metabolism. They do so...
Wildfire risk in California no longer coupled to winter precipitation
Wet winters no longer predict possible relief from severe wildfires for California. Now, fuel buildup from decades of fire suppression in the 20th century...
Thousands of tiny quakes shake Antarctic ice at night
Scientists placed seismometers on the McMurdo Ice Shelf and recorded hundreds of thousands of tiny 'ice quakes' that appear to be caused by pools...
A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought
A new drought monitoring method allows scientists to identify the onset of drought sooner, meaning conservation or remediation measures could be put into place...
Research provides insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant
New research has found that despite the low density of the desert yellowhead -- there are fewer than 15,000 individual plants scattered across just...
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