Spider-eating bat’s diet shaped by forests, farms and urban sprawl
DNA metabarcoding of 318 faecal samples from 16 maternity colonies shows orb-web spiders dominate the notch-eared bat's diet, while livestock ...
Tag: agriculture
What Is Nature’s Price Tag? Meta-Analysis Reveals How Farm Ecosystem Services Are Valued
Forests filter water, soils store carbon, insects pollinate crops, and landscapes hold cultural meaning that no spreadsheet can fully capture. ...
New AI Model Spots Crop Diseases With Unusual Accuracy in Complex Fields
A new detection framework combines hybrid attention, a slim dynamic head, and a novel loss function to spot crop diseases ...
Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Delivers a Yield Surprise on Ethiopian Irrigated Farms
An on-farm demonstration in Ethiopia's Sedeni irrigation scheme shows the Birtukanie sweet potato variety outperforming Jari in total yield and ...
A new journal puts every step of modelling research on the record
Agricultural and Environmental Modelling relaunches with article types covering the full modelling lifecycle, mandatory open code and FAIR standards, and ...
Three New Fungal Pathogens Threaten China’s Medicinal Vine Tea Crop
Chinese researchers have identified three previously unknown fungal species causing leaf disease on the medicinal vine tea plant using an ...
Salt-Soaked Soils in Spain Could Reshape EU Farm Subsidies
Researchers mapped extreme soil salinity around Spain's Saladas of Sástago-Bujaraloz and propose making salinity an explicit criterion in EU farm ...
Graphene biosensors bring pesticide detection straight to the field
A new review highlights how graphene-based electrochemical sensors, from three-electrode systems to field-effect transistors, are achieving record-breaking limits of detection ...
Climate-smart agriculture: why conserving soil, water and biodiversity holds the key to farming the world’s drylands
A Frontiers in Agronomy editorial synthesizes six studies showing that climate-smart agriculture in the world's drylands depends on integrated conservation ...
Neonicotinoids quietly scramble bumblebee brains, landmark systematic review reveals
A systematic review of 52 studies reveals that neonicotinoid insecticides impair bumblebee foraging, learning, memory, and reproduction at sublethal doses, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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