A Winged Australian Cricket Has Been Quietly Conquering New Zealand for 30 Years — And It Just Got Its Name
An Australian raspy cricket that slipped into New Zealand in 1990 has finally been identified as Pterapotrechus salomonoides, with the ...
Tag: citizen science
Map the Giants: Citizen Scientists Race to Chart the Ocean’s Largest Coral Colonies
A new global citizen-science initiative is mobilising divers and ocean enthusiasts to locate, validate and protect the largest coral colonies ...
Fourteen alien turtle species are quietly spreading through Germany’s cities
A new analysis of 1770 records confirms fourteen non-native terrapin species in Germany and shows their distribution is strongly tied ...
White-edged butterfly from Asia turns up in Georgia after citizen sleuths spot it online
Photographic records from iNaturalist and other platforms confirm the White-edged Rockbrown Hipparchia parisatis in the Republic of Georgia for the ...
Citizen Science Maps Invasive Wood-Boring Pests but Rarely Catches Them Early
A global analysis of 20 invasive forest wood-boring pests shows that citizen science records rarely precede official first detections, instead ...
UrbanAnts: New R Shiny App Maps the Secret Lives of City Ants
Brazilian researchers have launched UrbanAnts, a free R Shiny web application that centralises ant diversity records from urban environments and ...
Velvet Spider Mystery Solved as Scientists Finally Describe Elusive Female After 28 Years
Researchers have described the first known female of Eresus lavrosii, revealing new details about the ecology, diet, and distribution of ...
Why Communities Join Marine Protected Area Governance: New Review Reveals Tick-Box Problem
A systematic review of 68 studies finds that community engagement in marine protected areas is often passive and tick-box in ...
Giant Chilean flatworm caught preying on invasive leopard slug in native forests
Field observations in southern Chile document the giant native land planarian Polycladus gayi using two distinct predatory tactics to subdue ...
Giant Asian Mantises Confirmed as Invasive Predators Spreading Across Europe
Laboratory experiments and more than 2,300 citizen science records show the alien Asian mantises Hierodula tenuidentata and Hierodula patellifera meet ...
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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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