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Shadow-Loving Insect Named After Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish

Mar. 6, 2017 — Tuomas Holopainen of the band Nightwish is a full-blooded nature person. This gave a conservation biologist an idea for the name of a new species he found in Finland. Discovered in eastern Lapland ... read more

Importance of Rare Microbial Species Is Much Greater Than You Think

Mar. 3, 2017 — The rare bacterial species in a microbial community -- species that each make up rarely more than one tenth of one percent of the entire population -- play a very important role in ecosystem health ... read more

Study Sheds New Light on How Species Extinction Affects Complex Ecosystems

Mar. 3, 2017 — Research has found that methods used to predict the effect of species extinction on ecosystems could be producing inaccurate results. This is because current thinking assumes that when a species ... read more

Ancient Peoples Shaped the Amazon Rainforest

Mar. 2, 2017 — We often think of the Amazon rainforest as a vast expanse of nature untouched by humans. But a new study suggests that's not true -- in fact, today's rainforest is shaped by trees that were ... read more

Woolly Mammoths Experienced a Genomic Meltdown Just Before Extinction

Mar. 2, 2017 — Dwindling populations created a 'mutational meltdown' in the genomes of the last woolly mammoths, which had survived on an isolated island until a few thousand years ago, report ... read more

Insects Love Windthrows

Mar. 2, 2017 — Storm-ravaged woodland is approximately twice as rich in insect species as undamaged forest, new research concludes. This is because many endangered forest insects benefit from the open forest areas ... read more

Tree Scars Record 700 Years of Natural and Cultural Fire History in a Northern Forest

Mar. 1, 2017 — Distinguishing human from climatic influence on historical fire patterns is critical to forest management planning, which is guided by historical patterns of fire frequency, size, and intensity. A ... read more

Forest Degradation in the Tropics

Mar. 1, 2017 — Village communities in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and South America have not been using local forest resources as sustainably as is often assumed. According to the study, in 90 percent of ... read more

Improving the Biodiversity of Green Roofs

Mar. 1, 2017 — Using living organisms such as bacteria or fungi, as an alternative to chemical fertilizers, can improve the soil biodiversity of green roofs, according to new ... read more

Mollusk Graveyards Are Time Machines to Oceans' Pristine Past

Feb. 28, 2017 — Mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems and shifts in ocean biodiversity across time and space, new research ... read more

More Mosquito Species Than Previously Thought May Transmit Zika

Feb. 28, 2017 — Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to a new predictive model created by ... read more

Acidification of Arctic Ocean May Threaten Marine Life, Fishing Industry

Feb. 27, 2017 — An international research team found a rapid rise in acidification in the western Arctic Ocean, a potential threat to shellfish, the marine ecosystem and the fishing industry. Since the 1990s, ... read more

Invasive, Native Marsh Grasses May Provide Similar Benefits to Protected Wetlands

Feb. 27, 2017 — An invasive species of marsh grass that spreads, kudzu-like, throughout North American wetlands, may provide similar benefits to protected wetlands as native marsh grasses. According to new research, ... read more

Recovering Predators and Prey

Feb. 27, 2017 — Researchers show how simultaneously restoring predators and prey is much faster and more effective than doing so one at a ... read more

Resurrecting Extinct Species Might Come at a Terrible Cost

Feb. 27, 2017 — Bringing back extinct species could lead to biodiversity loss rather than gain, according to new work. The research suggested further stretching already-strained conservation budgets to cover the ... read more

New Insights Into the Mechanisms Into How Ungulates Got Bigger in the Neogene

Feb. 27, 2017 — The observed increase of body size in ungulates during the 20 million years before the Pleistocene is driven by the process of species selection, according to researchers. Bigger ungulate species ... read more

Archeologists at the Vanguard of Environmental Research

Feb. 26, 2017 — The history of people and landscapes, whether natural or cultural, is fundamentally connected. Answering key historical questions about this relation will allow us to approach our most important ... read more

Hammerhead Shark Migration Gives New Hope for Conservation

Feb. 24, 2017 — Great Hammerhead sharks have been tagged and tracked across the USA and Bahamas in a bid to shed light on their migration habits. Researchers suggest that these sharks are more at risk than ... read more

In Enemy Garb: New Explanation for Wasp Mimicry

Feb. 24, 2017 — Biologists expand on more than 150 years of textbook wisdom with a new explanation for wasp ... read more

Where Do Flowers Come From? Shedding Light on Darwin’s 'Abominable Mystery'

Feb. 24, 2017 — The mystery that is the origin of flowering plants has been partially solved thanks to a team of scientists. Their discovery sheds light on a question that much intrigued Darwin: the appearance of a ... read more
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