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Published Machine learning provides a new picture of the great gray owl



Researchers upend the notion that the iconic great gray owl -- known as the phantom of the North --...
Published Lyrebird synchronizes elements of its mating dance



To woo a mate, the Albert's Lyrebird of Australia becomes a real song-and-dance bird. Each male firs...
Published 'Itinerant breeding' in East Coast shorebird species



A study has found direct evidence of a species -- the American woodcock, a migratory shorebird from...
Published Public gardens contribute to invasives problem



Some nonnative plants cultivated in public gardens or arboretums are escaping to become invasive in...
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 Curiosity promotes biodiversity



Cichlid fishes exhibit differing degrees of curiosity. The cause for this lies in their genes, as re...
Published Biologists uncover new species of tiger beetle: Eunota houstoniana



Evolutionary biologists have unearthed a new species of tiger beetle, deemed Eunota houstoniana, hon...
Published Looking to the past to prevent future extinction



Anthropologists created a computational model to predict the likelihood of animal extinctions based ...
Published Dog attacks on mountain tapirs highlight a growing threat to endangered wildlife



Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are callin...
Published Cloudy waters causes African fish to develop bigger eyes



Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of Africa...
Published Fish adjust reproduction in response to predators



Some species of fish can evolve their egg-laying habits in response to predators in the area in orde...
Published An unlikely hero in evolution: Worms



One of Earth's most consequential bursts of biodiversity -- a 30-million-year period of explosive ev...
Published Rethinking the dodo



Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-kno...
Published 8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation



These reptiles move around tree trunks to seek warmth or shade. With trees disappearing, they would...
Published Earth's earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils



The oldest fossilized forest known on Earth -- dating from 390 million years ago -- has been found i...
Published Giant sequoias are a rapidly growing feature of the UK landscape



Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native rang...
Published Smarter foragers do not forage smarter



Why do primates have big brains? In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists pitted large-brained prima...
Published Paleontology: New fossil fish genus discovered



Paleontologists have identified a new genus of fossil goby, revealing evolutionary secrets of a line...
Published Bees and butterflies on the decline in western and southern North America



Bee and butterfly populations are in decline in major regions of North America due to ongoing enviro...
Published Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated



Studies working to map conservation historically have left humans out of the equation. This study pr...