ecology

1. IntroductionIn grassland ecosystems, agriculture and urbanization are two main processes of anthropogenic disturbances . Both processes remove native vegetation and disrupt native fauna. However, new vegetation is also introduced,…

SRINAGAR, India —  Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures, demanding constitutional provisions from the Indian government to protect their territory's fragile…

Methods included oral testimony and interviews with local villagers, KCA staff, and adventure tourists between May and December 2022. Field-based assessments, repeat photography, time-lapse satellite imagery, and glacial lake risk…

A spindle ermine moth perched on a flowerDP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy Moths trying to survive in bright cities may have evolved smaller wings to limit how much they are drawn in by the light. Artificial light…

The Molecular Ecology Laboratory applies genetic and genomic technologies to address a variety of complex questions and conservation issues facing the management of the Nation's fish and wildlife resources. Together with…

USGS scientists leverage and develop cutting-edge technology and methods to produce novel findings that decision-makers need to sustainably manage ocean resources.    Talks and posters will showcase how USGS ecologists produce…

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Christopher Schiller, Kailey Busch, and Cathy Whitlock, all researchers at…

Pyrosomes thrive in warmer seasMark Conlin / Alamy Strange colonial animals called pyrosomes are thriving in the north-east Pacific Ocean as it warms up, especially during marine heat waves. But according to a…

Spider webs capture airborne DNAVechterova Valeria/Shutterstock Elephants, giraffes and rhinos can all be caught in spider webs – or at least their DNA can. Josh Newton at Curtin University in Western Australia…

Spider webs capture airborne DNAVechterova Valeria/Shutterstock Elephants, giraffes and rhinos can all be caught in spider webs – or at least their DNA can. Josh Newton at Curtin University in Western Australia…

Mountain Shadow Association, a Native American-led nonprofit, has been awarded $750,000 to build the Crow Reservation’s first dedicated healing center for families recovering from substance abuse.…

Mountain yellow-legged frogs in Yosemite National Park, CaliforniaRoland Knapp Wild populations of frogs appear to have evolved resistance to a lethal skin-eating fungal pathogen. Now, researchers report that moving…

3.1. Time Distribution of the LiteratureFrom 1995 to 2005, there was a slow and steady increase in the number of publications with accumulation, especially before 2000, when the number was very small. From 2006 to 2015, there was a…

An estimated three million shipwrecks exist worldwide. Examples of potential shipwreck distributions by geographic region include (a) the United States (AWOIS 2016),…

Wrecks can be valuable habitats for corals, sea anemones and other animals on the sea floorMarcus Rose Shipwrecks can provide an important refuge for marine life in areas subject to heavy fishing pressure, despite…

IntroductionCommunities of cells make up microbiomes as well as tissues of multi-cellular organisms. These communities are spatially explicit and therefore to understand their structure and how they assemble into functional units it is…

Robert Thorson Professor of…

Trees can lock up carbon dioxide – but how much?Chad Ehlers / Alamy Protecting existing forests so they grow to maturity could theoretically remove as much as 228 billion tonnes of carbon from the air, according to a…

Chris Caldwell CEO of United Renewables Speaks with Professor Jane Stout Professor of Ecology and Vice President for Biodiversity & Climate Action, at Trinity College Dublin DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)…

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Chris Caldwell CEO of United Renewables Speaks with Professor Jane Stout Professor of Ecology and Vice President for Biodiversity & Climate Action, at Trinity College Dublin DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)…

An impression of how Europe looked during the last interglacial periodBrennan Stokkermans It has been claimed that in the past, Britain was covered by such thick and unbroken forest that a squirrel would have been…

Chris Caldwell CEO of United Renewables Speaks with Professor Jane Stout Professor of Ecology and Vice President for Biodiversity & Climate Action, at Trinity College Dublin DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)…

Historical Ecology Within National Marine Sanctuaries Archival data offers useful information about marine ecosystems in the past and helps us manage these fragile…

Abstract The Arctic is warming at nearly four times the rate of the global average, with pronounced deleterious effects on the ecosystems that comprise this fragile biome. Permafrost is a definitive feature of the Arctic landscape, but…

Two adult cicadas on a plant in Washington DC, during the 2021 Brood X emergenceMartha Weiss/Georgetown University When big broods of cicadas emerge every 13 or 17 years, birds are treated to a smorgasbord of fresh…

2018 is the third International Year of the Reef—a platform to highlight the importance of coral reefs. Covering less than one percent of the planet, coral reefs are the home to 25 percent of marine species and supply food to millions of…

Caribbean king crab larvae and juveniles show tolerance to ocean acidification and ocean warmingCoastal habitats are experiencing decreases in seawater pH and increases in temperature due to anthropogenic climate change. The Caribbean…

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Ishikari plain and Ishikari river on Hokkaido, Japan – a region that has lost many birds in 150 yearsMasayuki Yamashita / Alamy More than 70 per cent of birds –…

A mysterious extinction about 540 million years ago may have been caused when early animals began competing against one another…

As commercial fishermen sold their catch at the busy United Fishing Agency (UFA) auction house in Honolulu, Hawaii, fish buyer Garrett Kitazaki noticed something curious about the opah changing hands: some had much bigger eyes, and…

By Yaamini Venkataraman April 2018 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar Angela Szesciorka’s research sounds simple enough. For her Ph.D. at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the…

The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research published today (8 October) in the journal Current Biology. …

This week, NOAA rolled out the final version Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap. This effort, co-led by NMFS and NOS, is significant because it marks NOAA's first presentation of a more holistic approach to the management of ocean noise…

"Coral reef ecosystems will change as a result of the pressures they are under, but nature perseveres. Efforts to move the needle of conservation in a positive direction will take…

By Yaamini Venkataraman July 2018 You may not know it when you dive into a sanctuary, but there are baby fish everywhere. Newly-hatched fish, or larvae, are microscopic and at the…

How do we learn about our historic ecosystem health before we started collecting data? Learn how historical ecologists are probing into historic documents to learn about behavior modifications, shifting baselines, shifts in oceanographic…

Nitrogen fixation is surprisingly high in coastal waters and may play a larger role than expected in carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake in these waters, a new study led by Duke University scientists shows. …

Home News Foster Scholar Sarah Kienle September 2018 It was almost an ordinary day in the field for Dr.…

A trial effort that gave West Coast trawl fishermen new flexibility in how they fish helped them take advantage of rebounding rockfish numbers to catch almost 14 million pounds of fish in 2018 while still protecting salmon and other…

Mountain climber and humanitarian Dr. Daniel Mazur will receive the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal “for remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in mountainous regions.”    The award will be…

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. AND XYLEM WATERMARK INVITE THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO JOIN MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CITIZENS FROM 146 COUNTRIES IN CONSERVING AND PROTECTING WATER RESOURCES WITH THE 2019 EARTHECHO WATER Starting March 22, the…

NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer. NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake…

Press release from MOUNTAIN LEGACY INTERNATIONAL Anthropologists David Holmberg and Kathryn March will receive the 2021 Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal for their many decades of friendship and assistance to…

Within any given area, living and nonliving interact with each other. Together, these things form an ecosystem. Because all of the elements within an ecosystem are interrelated, these…

The storm formerly known as Hurricane Lorenzo is blasting Ireland and the United Kingdom today with winds up to 80 miles per hour, heavy rain, and flooding.  The storm formerly known as Hurricane Lorenzo is…

Four heroes of the reuse movement have been announced as winners of the National Reuse Awards (The Reusies). The virtual awards show was presented by Upstream, a non-profit sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution,…

A new study involving British Antarctic Survey researchers highlights the influence of krill (Euphausia superba) on atmospheric carbon levels.  A new study involving British Antarctic Survey researchers…

Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast biodiversity.  Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast biodiversity. But they provide another service to the warming…

Ecoforecasts detail how interactions between organisms and their environment may affect ecological phenomena such as animal extinction, the spread of invasive plants and disease, and the health of waterbodies.…