Population Biology

Thirty-seven experts from 14 countries are gathering at the Cistercian Monastery in Heilsbronn - Nuremberg from December 14 to 18 to discuss conservation options for coastal and riverine species of dolphins that are experiencing…

Asian longhorned tick could find plenty of suitable habitat in North America similar to its native regionCredit: Ilia Rochlin, Ph.D., Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology Annapolis, MD; December 13, 2018--Since the arrival of the…

New research investigates whether dialect differences might indicate new speciesCredit: @ AMNH/K. Provost New research suggests that populations of the Northern Cardinal --one of the most ubiquitous backyard birds in the United States--…

NYU Tandon researchers discover that feed back loop in human interactions can play a big role in how diseases spread BROOKLYN, New York, Weekday, December 12, 2018 - Researchers from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and…

Credit: Petra Druschky, Wandlitz The "Natura 2000" network of protected areas runs across the EU as a conservation network for biodiversity. However, only a few studies have so far analysed whether these refuges actually have a positive…

Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a new scientific report on the current status of the spread of African swine fever (ASF) within the EU. The report describes, among other things, which…

Be it chirp, quack or some form of swan song, a new artificial intelligence database being created by a University of Pittsburgh professor seeks to improve avian research and conservation by linking bird calls with their respective…

Small, local patches of habitat could be playing a much bigger role in conserving biodiversity than you think, according to new research. The global study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (see…

When the human species infects other living beingsCredit: Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The new study, which detected bacteria from humans in the genus Salmonella and Campylobacter in Antarctic and Subantarctic…

Credit: Tian H, et al. (2018)  Domestic dogs play a key role in the transmission and expansion of rabies in rural areas of China, according to a study published December 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Huaiyu Tian of…