A-maze-ing pheasants have two ways of navigating
Pheasants fall into two groups in terms of how they find their way around - and the different types prefer slightly different habitats, new...
Chimpanzees and humans share overlapping territories
Chimpanzees and humans 'overlap' in their use of forests and even villages, new research shows.
Over 80% of Atlantic Rainforest remnants have been impacted by human activity
Researchers estimated biodiversity and biomass losses in the biome using data from 1,819 forest inventories. In terms of carbon storage, the losses correspond to...
The risks of communicating extreme climate forecasts
Apocalypse now? The all-too-common practice of making climate doomsday forecasts is not just bad science, it's also a terrible way to communicate important information.
After Hurricane Irma, soundscape reveals resilient reef ecosystem
The soundscapes of coral reef ecosystems can recover quickly from severe weather events such as hurricanes.
Scientists achieve breakthrough in culturing corals and sea anemones cells
Researchers have perfected the recipe for keeping sea anemone and coral cells alive in a petri dish for up to 12 days. The new...
Human-caused North Atlantic right whale deaths are being undercounted
Scientists have found that known deaths of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales represent a fraction of the true death toll. This comes as...
Record-high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans
The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Sea has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. When conditions change this freshwater will travel...
Asteroid dust found in crater closes case of dinosaur extinction
Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66...
How single celled algae rotate as they swim towards the light
Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to understand how single-cell green algae are able to keep track of the light as...
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