Forty Years of Projeto Lontra: How Otters Became Guardians of Brazil’s Estuaries
The neotropical otter, Lontra longicaudis, occupies a peculiar position in the ecology of Latin American coastal and freshwater systems. Unlike ...
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Season and Disturbance Reshape Bird Communities in Nigeria’s Guinea Savannah
The Guinea savannah belt of Nigeria occupies a distinctive position within West Africa's ecological geography, sitting between the wetter southern ...
Otters Face a Rising Tide of Parasites, Disease, and Human Pressure
A new Frontiers research collection reveals how parasites, disease spillover, and human pressures are quietly undermining otter health worldwide.
Ears in the rainforest: Autonomous recorders and human surveys team up to count tropical frogs
A first-of-its-kind study in Northeast India shows that autonomous acoustic recorders and human surveys each detect different frog species in ...
Why the average organism is misleading ecologists about global change
Ecologists call for a paradigm shift that treats individual organisms, rather than species averages, as the fundamental agents of global ...
New orange-spotted killifish discovered in Brazilian Amazon
A vividly colored new killifish species, Laimosemion laranja, has been discovered in the Rio Cajari drainage of the Brazilian Amazon ...
Roads Cut Wildlife Numbers by Nearly a Third, Landmark Meta-Analysis Finds
A meta-analysis of 643 effects from 160 studies finds road proximity is associated with roughly 32 percent lower wildlife outcomes, ...
Two Decades of Conservation Agriculture Rebuild Soil Structure and Double Surface Carbon in Mediterranean Farmland
A 20-year California field experiment shows that reduced tillage combined with cover crops more than doubles aggregate stability, doubles surface ...
Habitat-use flexibility may promote the spread of Asian weatherloaches in Europe
A laboratory choice experiment shows native European weatherfish are mud specialists while invasive Asian weatherloaches use substrates flexibly, a trait ...
Pinpoint Black Dots and White-Patterned Leaves Reveal a Striking New Gourd Vine from Guangxi
A new species of snake gourd relative, Trichosanthes metamorpha, has been discovered in Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China, and confirmed through ...
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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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