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Published Harnessing big data reveals birds' coexisting tactics


Birds likely hold smart insights about coexisting in popular habitats -- especially as climate chang...
Published Deforestation limits nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds


A new study of cavity-nesting birds in Ecuador shows the influence of deforestation on their habitat...
Published Soils forming on the branches of trees are an overlooked forest habitat


A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon st...
Published Environmental laws failing to slow deforestation



Australia's environmental laws are failing to stop high rates of tree clearing to make way for agric...
Published The pace of climate-driven extinction is accelerating - The Accelerating Pace of Climate-Driven Extinction



Studying a lizard species in Arizona mountains, researchers found 70 years' worth of climate-related...
Published Small wildlife surveys can produce 'big picture' results - Small Wildlife Surveys Can Produce 'Big Picture' Results



Small-scale wildlife surveys can reveal the health of entire ecosystems, new research shows. ABSTRAC...
Published Fourteen years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, endemic fishes face an uncertain future



The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, releas...
Published Nine new snail species discovered in Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity hot spot at risk



A new study describes nine new species of carnivorous land snails, all of which are so small they co...
Published Some species may tolerate climate change better than expected



A new model reassesses the proportion of terrestrial and marine species threatened with extinction b...
Published Study offers rare long-term analysis of techniques for creating standing dead trees for wildlife habitat



Ecologists have long known that standing dead trees, commonly referred to as snags, are an important...
Published Coffee and cocoa plants at risk from pollinator loss



Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect...
Published Three out of four populations of rare butterflies have been lost



In just 26 years, the distribution of rare butterflies has plummeted by 72% in Eastern Denmark. Seve...
Published Tens of thousands of endangered sharks and rays caught off Congo



Tens of thousands of endangered sharks and rays are caught by small-scale fisheries off the Republic...
Published Detecting a vast diversity of rainforest animals by swabbing their DNA from leaves


Researchers demonstrate that a vast multitude of birds and mammals can be detected by simply swabbin...
Published Endangered whales live in area earmarked for gas exploration



Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and...
Published Feral horses and peatland carbon emissions



A ground-breaking new study has found carbon emissions from Australian alpine peatlands to be much h...
Published 'Alien' wasps thriving in tropical forests



Researchers say they have discovered high diversity of Darwin wasps in a tropical rainforest in Braz...
Published Older African elephants will be most severely affected by the changing climate



Older elephants in East Africa will be most severely impacted by climate change, threatening the lon...
Published Product that kills agricultural pests also deadly to native Pacific Northwest snail



A product used to control pest slugs on farms in multiple countries is deadly to least one type of n...
Published Researchers unearth a new process by which algae pass on nurtrients to their coral host


Researchers have identified a new pathway by which sugar is released by symbiotic algae. This pathwa...