Wolves eliminate deer on Alaskan Island then quickly shift to eating sea otters, research finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plumet and switched to primarily eating sea ...
Tag: island
Family tree secrets: Island tree populations older, more diverse than expected
Tsukuba, Japan—It's often assumed that island plant and animal populations are just the simple, fragile cousins of those on the ...
Researchers survey rural residents’ Internet usage in Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island
Several years ago, the government of Aotearoa New Zealand undertook an initiative to provide Internet access throughout the country. To ...
Paris Agreement temperature targets may worsen climate injustice for many island states
AMHERST, Mass. – While the world focuses on limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius ...
Scientists return from expedition after mapping fungal networks on world’s most remote island
Palmyra Atoll (December 12, 2022) - In the middle of the Pacific Ocean is an uninhabited atoll that houses underground ...
Press release – New study identifies key barriers to conserving important island ecosystems
For immediate release Credit: Image credit: Seychelles Islands Foundation. For immediate release Big egos, lack of staff training and policy ...
The formation of Fraser Island linked to Middle Pleistocene sea-level change
New research shows that K’gari, previously known as Fraser Island, and part of the Great Barrier Reef was formed over ...
Scientists say sea-level changes formed Australia’s K’Gari Sand Island, Great Barrier Reef
LOGAN, UTAH, USA - How did the world’s largest sand island K’gari, the indigenous name for eastern Australia’s Fraser Island, ...
New species of owl discovered in the rainforests of Príncipe Island, Central Africa
A new species of owl has just been described from Príncipe Island, part of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé ...
Scientists say a shipwreck off Patagonia is a long-lost 1850s Rhode Island whaler
Scientists investigating the remains of an old wooden ship off the cold, windy coast of far southern Argentina say it ...
Birds on island time
Ithaca, NY—A new study examines how the geographic characteristics of the world’s islands influence seasonal variation in the number of ...
Microbial ´dark matter´: Centuries-old lava caves of Hawaiʻi Island contain thousands of unknown bacterial species
The lava caves, lava tubes and geothermal vents on the big island of Hawaiʻi have higher bacterial diversity than scientists ...
Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise is not extinct
New genetic research has found that the Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct. Credit: Lucas Bustamante © Galapagos ...
Polynesian Island yields ‘treasure trove’ of fungal biodiversity
Berkeley — The islands of the South Pacific are a hot spot for biodiversity, but their jagged peaks, hot and ...
$1.29M grant to study lava tube biodiversity on Hawai’i Island
A four-year, $1.29-million grant from the National Science Foundation has been awarded to University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers from the School of Life Sciences to ...
“Adolf Island” re-humanises experiences of forced and slave labourers during Nazi occupation
A new book, which tells the stories of thousands of forced and slave labourers caught up in the Nazi occupation ...
Ancient human impact on Island environment in Africa
Humanity’s impact on the environment is often framed in the context of the post-industrial era but new archaeological research reveals ...
Powerful volcanic blast not the cause for 2018 Indonesian island collapse – new research
The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilising processes, and was not triggered ...
Study reveals extent of impact of human settlement on island ecosystems
Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on islands’ biodiversity. The findings show how human colonization altered ...
When predators matter! Study of voles on Arctic island advances knowledge of small-mammal population dynamics
Ottawa, September 10, 2021 - A decades-long study of voles on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is offering insights into ...