Biodiversity loss raises risk of ‘extinction cascades’
New research shows that the loss of biodiversity can increase the risk of 'extinction cascades', where an initial species loss leads to a domino...
Plants colonized Earth 100 million years earlier than previously thought
A new study on the timescale of plant evolution has concluded that the first plants to colonize the Earth originated around 500 million years...
Traces of indigenous ‘Taíno’ in present-day Caribbean populations
A thousand-year-old tooth has provided the first clear genetic evidence that the Taíno -- the indigenous people whom Columbus first encountered on arriving in...
Earthquakes follow wastewater disposal patterns in southern Kansas
Wastewater created during oil and gas production and disposed of by deep injection into underlying rock layers is the probable cause for a surge...
Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security
Farming crops with crushed rocks could help to improve global food security and reduce the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere, a new study...
Global grazing lands increasingly vulnerable to a changing climate
A new study shows precipitation variability has increased significantly on 49 percent of the world's grazing lands.
Dispersal of fish eggs by water birds – just a myth?
How do fish end up in isolated bodies of water when they can't swim there themselves? For centuries, researchers have assumed that water birds...
Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering
Honeybees gathering nectar inspired an algorithm that eased the burden of host servers handling unpredictable traffic by about 25 percent. Nature can inspire some...
Increasing importance of precipitation variability on global livestock grazing lands
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Galvin, K. A., Reid, R. S., Behnke, R. H. & Hobbs, N. T. Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes: Consequences for Human and Natural...
Illegal global trade of pangolins
Animal traffickers are taking advantage of remote ivory trade routes to smuggle pangolins – one of the world’s most endangered animals – out of...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
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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10 magical places saved by endangered species
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