In Search of Safer Refuge: The Challenges of Replicating Nature
© smarterpix.com / VisualMarketplace In Search of Safer Refuge: The Challenges of Replicating Nature September 11, 2023 by Marta Zaraska In 2016, Ox Lennon was trying...
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Saving the Tiny Empires
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© smarterpix.com / spreadlove Saving the Tiny Empires Extinction threatens 40 percent of insect species—not just honeybees—putting global ecosystems and food supplies at risk. We...
New Aristolochiaceae liana species found in Yunnan, China
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Isotrema cangyuanense. Credit: Ma Xingda Traditionally, the genus Aristolochia L. sensu lato is the largest genus in the family Aristolochiaceae. According to recent morphological and...
How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for Australia’s frogs
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by Geoffrey Heard, Benjamin Scheele, Conrad Hoskin, Jarrod Sopniewski and Jodi Rowley, The Conversation The turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) is one of Australia’s strangest. Credit:...
Broken by bison, aspen saplings having a tough time in northern Yellowstone
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A bison bull breaking aspen saplings and eating aspen in the Lamar Valley in northern Yellowstone National Park. Overstory aspen trees have died and fallen...
New audio technique used for census of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada ecosystem
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California Spotted Owl in Sequoia National Park. Credit: Connor Wood, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For the first time, researchers have estimated the spotted owl population...
Colorado River Basin ranks among the world’s most water-stressed regions, analysis finds
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research effort tracking water scarcity around the world shows California, Arizona and other Western states are experiencing water stress at...
Dead trees around the world are shocking scientists
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Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to...