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Wild Animals and Ethanol: A New Perspective on Natural Consumption
Ecology Research

Wild Animals and Ethanol: A New Perspective on Natural Consumption

A new review challenges the assumption that nonhuman consumption of ethanol is rare, suggesting that many fruit- and nectar-eating animals regularly encounter and may …

Nov 2, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Model Reveals Optimal Learning Rates for Organisms in Changing Environments
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Model Reveals Optimal Learning Rates for Organisms in Changing Environments

A new model from researchers at the Complexity Science Hub and Santa Fe Institute outlines how organisms should optimally learn in response to environmental …

Nov 2, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Rise of reptiles with global warming since 60 Million Years
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Rise of reptiles with global warming since 60 Million Years

Sixty million years of climate change triggered the meteoric rise of reptiles around 250 million years ago, not a mass extinction of mammals as …

Aug 22, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How mountain streams signal climate change
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How mountain streams signal climate change

A new tool can better assess an important but overlooked indicator of global warming: the variety of bugs, worms, and snails living in high …

Apr 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Agricultural expansion a major cause to doubling of annual tropical carbon loss over past two decades
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Agricultural expansion a major cause to doubling of annual tropical carbon loss over past two decades

Using multiple high-resolution satellite datasets, researchers found that tropical carbon loss has doubled over the past two decades due to excessive forest removal in …

Mar 23, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Regrown tropical forests may have short lifespans, says new study
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Regrown tropical forests may have short lifespans, says new study

Preventing the re-clearing of second-growth forests is a major challenge for restoration efforts in tropical regions, according to a new study. The study found …

Mar 19, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Rare monkey adapts to fragmented habitat by dieting and reducing activity
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Rare monkey adapts to fragmented habitat by dieting and reducing activity

A team of scientists found that a rare species of monkey in Bolivia has adapted to living in a fragmented forest by dieting and …

Mar 18, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How Indigenous burning shaped the Klamath's forests for a millennia
Ecology Research

How Indigenous burning shaped the Klamath's forests for a millennia

A new study combines scientific data with Indigenous oral histories and ecological knowledge to show how the cultural burning practices of the Native people …

Mar 16, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Stemming the tide of invasive species in Great Lakes
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Stemming the tide of invasive species in Great Lakes

New research shows that a bi-national regulation targeting ships entering the Great Lakes since the mid-2000s has been remarkably effective in reducing a large …

Mar 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Tiny mite triggers domino effect in the high Andes
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Tiny mite triggers domino effect in the high Andes

What happens when a disease disrupts a protected ecosystem so forcefully that cascading consequences are felt by nearly all wildlife and plants within it? …

Mar 9, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Human-induced disease outbreak in animals causes cascading ecological effects
Ecology Research

Human-induced disease outbreak in animals causes cascading ecological effects

A study that investigated the impacts of a mange outbreak that killed vicunas in a protected area in the Argentine Andes found that it …

Mar 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Cameras reveal snowshoe hare density
Ecology Research

Cameras reveal snowshoe hare density

The number of hares in a forest is a good indicator of how healthy that ecosystem is -- and now there's a better way …

Mar 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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