Population Biology

Credit: Helmut Diekmann Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Environment Institute indicates that the few moth and butterfly…

Credit: Sleep Number Real-world data from Sleep Number® smart bed sleepers shows a potential model for predicting and tracking COVID-19 infection using sleep and biometric measures. Analysis of 18.2 million 360 smart bed sleep…

Credit: Missouri Department of Conservation DURHAM, N.H.--Why did the deer cross the road? According to research from the University of New Hampshire to keep going and going and going. Researchers have discovered the longest distance…

Credit: Virginia Tech During the COVID-19 pandemic, food systems faced disruptions from staff shortages and supply chain issues. Now, a Virginia Tech researcher is assisting with efforts to help plants themselves from facing their own…

Credit: University of Exeter Natural selection can reverse evolution that occurs through sexual selection and this can lead to better females, new research shows. The study - led by the University of Exeter and Okayama University -…

Credit: Alvaro del Campo, Field Museum We sometimes think of the Amazon rainforest as unaltered by humans, a peek into the planet's past. In recent years, scientists have learned that many parts of the Amazon aren't…

Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change project'. New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the remains of 32 goats that died some 10,000…

Probably the find is the only evidence in the world that ancient people hunted Pleistocene small cave bearsCredit: UrFU / Elizaveta Veretennikova. Russian paleontologists discovered the skull of a Pleistocene small cave bear with…

Cloned fruit flies star in 'Truman Show' study of how genes play role in social networksCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 7, 2021) - If identical versions of 20 people lived out their lives in dozens of different…

A new study by ecologist André de Roos* shows that differences between juveniles and adults of the same species are crucial for the stability of complex ecological communities. The research, published in Proceedings of the National…

One of the world's most endangered whale species could have added protection from threats posed by human marine activity, through technology developed by the University of East Anglia (UEA). In partnership with the Scottish…

Credit: Photograph by Michael Moore and Carolyn Miller (WHOI), authorized by NMFS research permit #21371. Whales are largely protected from direct catch, but many populations' numbers still remain far below what they once were. A study…

Researchers say management of the predatory fish is critical to protecting Brazil's coral reefs and marine biodiversityCredit: © Paradise Divers Fernando de Noronha SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 3, 2021) -- Since arriving to the northern…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and parasitic wasps kill and eat pest species that routinely plague farmers, including aphids and…

Molecular biologists studied the DNA of ones that migrated from North America to Eurasia and backCredit: UrFU An international research team determined that ancestors of modern domestic horses and the Przewalski horse moved from the…

Credit: Provided by Tom Rodhouse, NPS and OSU-Cascades. BEND, Ore. - Bat researchers say a project in Central Oregon shows citizen science's strong potential for helping ecologists learn more about one of the least understood groups of…

New technology captures never-before-heard sounds of lynx hunting, fighting, and sleepingCredit: Emily Studd Using a Fitbit and a spy mic, scientists have discovered new insight into the behaviour of the elusive Canada lynx. A new study by…

Credit: Edward Levri, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the presence of the invasive New Zealand mud snail by…

Paper in Nature Genetics: Genome-wide meta-analysis shows that research into different ancestries leads to better results and better careCredit: The Lundquist Institute LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2021) -- Today The Lundquist Institute…

Sound recordings show: the baleen whales use the island's krill-rich waters virtually year-round, which is why it needs to be protected During the era of commercial whaling, fin whales were hunted so intensively that only a small…