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Published Sierra squirrels find their niche amid a changing climate - Sierra Squirrels Find Their Niche Amid a Changing Climate



A new study of squirrels in California's Sierra Nevada mountains finds that climate is just one fact...
Published Evolutionary imbalance explains global plant invasions



Plant species from certain geographic regions are more successful in spreading outside their native ...
Published Researchers issue urgent call to save the world's largest flower -Rafflesia -- from extinction



A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extin ...
Published Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction



For the first time, researchers have extracted ancient DNA from Caribbean parrot fossils and archaeo...
Published Orchid without bumblebee on island finds wasp, loses self



Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, th...
Published Threatened sharks and rays caught off Cyprus



Sharks and rays from threatened species are being caught off northern Cyprus, according to a new stu ...
Published Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration


• Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tr...
Published Study uncovers major hidden human-driven bird extinctions



Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species -- twice as many as previously thought -- with major ...
Published Urbanization increases seasonal differences in plant-pollinator networks



Increasing urbanization worldwide is a growing threat to biodiversity. At the same time, flowering p...
Published Giant new snake species identified in the Amazon



A team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously un...
Published Counting rays: Aerial surveys reveal ample populations in Southeast Florida



A unique long-term study quantified the abundance of whitespotted eagle and giant manta rays in Sout...
Published Global inventory of sound production brings us one step closer to understanding aquatic ecosystems



Our understanding of which aquatic species produce sounds just took a big step forward. Scientists h ...
Published Back from the dead: Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves



Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead lea ...
Published Rusty-patched bumblebee's struggle for survival found in its genes



The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its fo...
Published Frog species evolved rapidly in response to road salts



When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years....
Published Lemur's lament: When one vulnerable species stalks another



What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered...
Published Ecologists discover rare fiddler crab species on Hong Kong coast highlighting the impact of climate change and coastal development



Researchers have made an exciting discovery on the Hong Kong coast. They have identified two fiddler...
Published New Zealand's flightless birds are retreating to moa refuges



Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations...
Published What makes some plant groups so successful?



Researchers involved in cataloguing the world's plant species are hunting for answers as to what mak ...
Published Fatal attraction: When endangered species try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose



Sticks and stones aren't enough to thwart biological attraction, but sometimes those are the only to...