Population Biology

Credit: Emma M. Brinley Buckley Over the past few decades, the critically endangered whooping crane (Grus Americana) has experienced considerable recovery. However, in a report appearing April 2 in the journal Heliyon, researchers…

Credit: Manu San Felix, National Geographic It's not too late to rescue global marine life, according to a study outlining the steps needed for marine ecosystems to recover from damage by 2050. University of Queensland…

Credit: Elina Numminen An analysis based on mathematical statistics more precise than those previously carried out uncovered the reason why powdery mildew fungi on Åland are most abundant in roadsides and crossings. Identified…

Credit: Javier de la Puente The Common Nightingale, known for its beautiful song, breeds in Europe and parts of Asia and migrates to sub-Saharan Africa every winter. A new study published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that…

Testicular cells survive cryopreservation after dissociationCredit: Ex-situ Iberian Lynx Program A research team at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) developed a method to isolate and…

West African lions are a critically endangered subpopulation, with an estimated 400 remaining and strong evidence of ongoing declines. About 90% of these lions live in West Africa's largest protected area complex, the W-Arly-Pendjari.…

The situation could lead to a bottleneck in burials and cremations, mortuaries filled beyond capacity and the possibility of mass gravesCredit: University of Huddersfield UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield experts have made stark warnings…

Researchers led by Osaka University use dimensionality reduction analyses to identify fine-scale differences in the Japanese population, revealing greater population structure than previously thoughtCredit: Saori Sakaue and Yukinori Okada…

Common noctules - one of the largest bat species native to Germany - are searching for their fellows during their hunt for insects above farmland. Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) show in a…

UMass Amherst, more than 20 scientists urge greater effort to gather sand lance dataCredit: UMass Amherst/Keenan Yakola AMHERST, Mass. - A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for…

On average, women live longer than men: About 90% of people reaching 110 years old or more are women. The current record holder is Jeanne Calment, who was 122 years old, when she died in 1997. Now a new study shows, that even greater…

Credit: Edward Stanley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R Tolkien's "The Hobbit," has a few living relatives. With dense, alligator-like armor, these small, real-life dragon lizards are rock-crevice recluses mostly…

Analysis of human mobility and epidemiological data by a global consortium of researchers, led by the University of Oxford and Northeastern University, shows that human mobility was predictive of the spread of the epidemic in China.…

A new study reveals that plants and animals are remarkably similar in their responses to changing environmental conditions.Credit: John J. Wiens Despite fundamental differences in their biology, plants and animals are surprisingly similar…

An international team of scientists studying lifespans of wild mammals have found that, just like humans, females tend to live significantly longer than their male counterparts. The researchers looked at the lifespans of 101 different…

Fish behavior and stock assessments may be influenced by this sensitivity to light all over the worldCredit: Photo: Geir Johnsen, NTNU/UNIS The Arctic polar night is a time when the sun remains below the horizon for a full 24-hour cycle.…

Credit: Wild Nature Institute Giraffes that are being translocated for conservation purposes should be moved in groups that contain at least 30 females and 3 males to ensure long-term population success. In two new studies, an…

Brownian motion describes the random movement of particles in fluids, however, this revolutionary model only works when a fluid is static, or at equilibrium. In real-life environments, fluids often contain particles that move by…

Credit: Chelsey Ritner In the neotropical forest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, an unusual bee hatched: half male and half female. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute students and scientists working on nocturnal, socially…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 18, 2020--Researchers have used high-throughput screening of adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector capsid libraries to maximize the likelihood of obtaining AAV variants with…