Tag: Biodiversity

Researchers observe a defense mechanism for caterpillars can attract unwanted attentionCredit: Photo courtesy of James Marden. When a caterpillar disguises ...

Defining quality virus data(sets)

International consortium offers guidelines, best practices for characterizing uncultivated viruses Microbes in, on and around the planet are said to ...

Warning over deep-sea 'gold rush'

Credit: DJ Amon & CR Smith A "gold rush" of seabed mining could lead to unprecedented damage to fragile deep-sea ...

Hen harriers and red grouse: Finding common ground in a persistent conflict

A conflict between those working to conserve numbers of hen harriers and those maintaining commercial shooting of red grouse in ...

Drones can detect protected nightjar nests

Thermal-sensing cameras mounted on drones may offer a safer and more cost-effective way to locate nests of the elusive European ...

Foxes in the city: Citizen science helps researchers to study urban wildlife

December 14, 2018

Credit: L. Hamelbeck-Galle/stadtwildtiere.at Urban habitats are becoming increasingly more important for several wildlife species. Foxes, for example, have become successful ...

New undersea maps lead to hydrothermal vent and species discoveries

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute A spectacular new hydrothermal vent field, named JaichMatt, has been discovered during an expedition aboard Schmidt ...

Plants' defense against insects is a bouquet

Credit: Michigan State University Michigan State University scholar Andrea Glassmire and her colleagues have revealed how the mixture of chemical ...

Marine mammal experts gather to identify solutions to save threatened dolphins and porpoises

Thirty-seven experts from 14 countries are gathering at the Cistercian Monastery in Heilsbronn - Nuremberg from December 14 to 18 ...

Tale of two trees: New web tool estimates gene trees with ease

Scientists introduce ORTHOSCOPE, a new web-based tool capable of inferring gene function, estimating gene trees and identifying sets of ancestral ...

Scientists identify 66 alien species that pose greatest threat to European biodiversity

Credit: Picture: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Scientists have identified 66 alien plant and animal species, not ...

Tiny tech tracks hummingbirds at urban feeders

Method shows around-the-clock interactions, gives insight into hummingbird healthCredit: Don Preisler/UC Davis Beep" is not a sound you expect to ...

Cardinals living in adjacent deserts are sharply distinct in genetics and song

New research investigates whether dialect differences might indicate new speciesCredit: @ AMNH/K. Provost New research suggests that populations of the ...

Students around the globe collect quality, eye-opening research data on mammals

Thousands of images collected from the US, India, Mexico and Kenya showed 83 mammal species, including 12 threatened or endangeredCredit: ...

Fallen through the net?

Credit: Petra Druschky, Wandlitz The "Natura 2000" network of protected areas runs across the EU as a conservation network for ...

College textbooks largely overlook the most common animals

Credit: Jennifer Landin A recent study of textbooks aimed at introductory biology courses finds that they devote less than one ...

Montana organic farmers, MSU lead $2 million grant for perennial weeds

Credit: MSU photo courtesy of the Western Agricultural Research Center in Corvallis. BOZEMAN - Researchers at Montana State University are ...

Pitt grant seeks to protect birds by using artificial intelligence to identify calls

Be it chirp, quack or some form of swan song, a new artificial intelligence database being created by a University ...

A future for red wolves may be found on Galveston Island

Credit: Kristin Brzeski The American red wolf is one of United States' greatest wildlife conservation stories. Red wolves were on ...

New study makes 52 million tree stories more accessible to science