USDA-Funded Experiment Puts Lawns to the Test Against Sudden Summer Drought
A new USDA-funded experiment at Binghamton University's PLEDGE field site will manipulate water availability across 30 diverse lawn plots to ...
Tag: urban ecology
Streetlights dim the glow, but tree canopy gives fireflies a refuge in a Kuala Lumpur park
A field study in Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Kiara park finds that each added streetlight cuts firefly counts by 36.7 percent, ...
Graffiti Writers Sort Themselves Across the City Like Competing Species
A study of more than 13,000 graffiti instances in Ghent, Belgium, finds that graffiti types of differing visual complexity avoid ...
Seven Ecological Categories Emerge as a Universal Yardstick for Assessing Green Spaces
A systematic review of 113 studies distills the fragmented science of green space assessment into seven ecological parameter categories, offering ...
Britain’s Hedgehogs Have Collapsed in the Countryside While Urban Populations Hold On
A landmark analysis of five national monitoring schemes reveals rural hedgehog numbers in Britain have fallen by up to 70 ...
In Haiti’s Cities, People, Heat and Greenery Shape Which Mosquitoes Thrive
A year-long trapping study in Haiti's Ouest Department found that human population density, temperature, and vegetation indices are the strongest ...
Weedkillers in City Gardens Are Quietly Killing Ghana’s Butterflies
A new study shows that routine urban herbicide spraying in Ghana kills the Danaid eggfly butterfly directly and stresses its ...
Segregation’s Ecological Legacy: How Divided Cities Face Unequal Floods, Heat and Green Space
A PNAS special feature organized by Cary Institute researchers shows that segregation operates as a self-reinforcing social-ecological system shaping flood ...
City Squirrels Show Genetic Split From Urban Life, Yet Their Survival Stays Untouched
A four-year study of Eurasian red squirrels across Berlin's urban-rural gradient reveals subtle genetic differentiation driven by city infrastructure, yet ...
City Life Shields Bats From Weather Swings, Landmark Acoustic Survey Reveals
A large-scale acoustic study across Israel shows that urban bats face fewer weather-related constraints on their activity than rural bats, ...
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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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