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#1317182021-11-16
Woodrat microbiomes: It's who you are that matters most
Every mammal hosts a hidden community of other organisms—the microbiome. Their intestines teem with complex microbial populations that are critical for nutrition, fighting disease and degrading harmful toxins.
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#1317622021-11-17
Woodland and hedgerow creation can play crucial role in action to reverse declines in pollinators
The largest survey of pollinator abundance in Wales has found that woodland and hedgerow creation can play a crucial role in action to reverse declines in insects that are essential for crop yield and other wildlife.
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#1284242021-05-05
Wood ants show the way when it comes to getting a good meal
With lockdown easing it is a dilemma many of us are facing: should we choose to go to the best place to eat out, or the nearest place that is good enough?
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#1263892020-12-21
Wolves show signs of self-cognition with innovative sniff test
Self-awareness has been a central theme in philosophical and biological research since ancient times. In the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the exhortation "Know yourself" is inscribed in Greek, an invitation to men to understand their own finitude, to understand their limits. In "Latin in his Disc ...
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#1282362021-04-26
Wolf packs don't actually have alpha males and alpha females, the idea is based on a misunderstanding
You may have heard that a wolf pack is led by an alpha pair. Given this designation, it's easy to imagine that a pack consists of young adults and older animals in a strict ranking system. You can imagine that relatives, newcomers and challengers are all part of the system. Maybe some of these w ...
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#1324102022-01-11
Without urgent action, these are the street trees unlikely to survive climate change
Cities around the world are on the front line of climate change, and calls are growing for more urban cooling. Many governments are spending big on new trees in public places—but which species are most likely to thrive in a warmer world?
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#1337542022-03-07
Without helpful microbes, tadpoles can't stand the heat
In a warming world, animals could live or die by what's in their gut. That's one conclusion of a new study by Pitt biologists showing that tadpoles are less able to cope with hot temperatures without the help of microbes. The results could spell a one-two punch for amphibians and other sensitive ...
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#1341122022-04-18
With dwindling water supplies, the timing of rainfall matters
A new UC Riverside study shows it's not how much extra water you give your plants, but when you give it that counts. This is especially true near Palm Springs, where the research team created artificial rainfall to examine the effects on plants over the course of two years.
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#1351252022-06-29
With changing climate, global lake evaporation loss larger than previously thought
A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just east of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border. It is the country's largest reservoir, and it's draining rapidly.
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#1294852021-07-09
With Amazon Rainforest at 'Tipping Point,' Big Banks Told to End Fossil Fuel Financing
Amazon Watch and Stand.earth revealed Thursday that major European and U.S. banks are at high risk of funding corruption, environmental harms, and human rights violations in the Amazon basin—along with exacerbating the climate emergency—due to their relationships with fossil fuel companies and t ...
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#1354692022-07-26
Winter precipitation and temperature constrain distribution of cedrus plants
The genus Cedrus Trew (Pinaceae) compromises four species of evergreen coniferous trees, which have important cultural, aesthetic, scientific and economic values.
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#1191712018-12-21
Wildlife struggle to cope with extreme weather
The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underscores the importance of University of Queensland wildlife research released today.
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#1250842020-04-13
Wildlife conservation in a time of pandemic
Wildlife conservation is a type of work without end. It's ongoing. It revolves around time—while racing against it. Pausing amid a global pandemic isn't an option, because that could mean the difference between saving endangered species or not.
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#1351532022-06-30
Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth's worst mass extinction
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History examined the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago) that eliminated almost every species on Earth, with entire ecosystems collapsing.
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#1335512022-02-25
Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?
An alarming new United Nations report warns that the number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 50% globally by the end of the century, and that governments are largely unprepared for the burgeoning crisis.
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#1299822021-08-16
Wildfire smoke can reduce raindrops to meaningless drizzle, study says. Here's how
When wildfires burn, they catapult smoke into the atmosphere. These plumes are loaded with tiny particles that act as magnets for water droplets sitting in clouds—the more smoky particles ejected into the sky, the more rain comes down.
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#1263592020-12-18
Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases
Wildfire smoke contains microbes, a fact that's often ignored, but one that may have important health repercussions.In an article to be published Dec. 18 in Science, Leda Kobziar and George Thompson call the attention of the scientific community to the health impacts of wildfire smoke's microbia ...
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#1342112022-04-27
Wildfire smoke accelerates glacier melt, affects mountain runoff
As global temperatures rise, wildfires are becoming more common. A new study by University of Saskatchewan (USask) hydrology researchers found that exposure to wildfire smoke can cause glaciers to melt faster, affecting mountain runoff that provides major freshwater resources for life downstream.
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#1186742018-10-25
Wildebeests' super-efficient muscles allow them to walk for days without drinking
A team of researchers with the University of London, University College London and the University of Botswana has found that the wildebeest has extremely efficient muscles. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers describe their study of the migrating animal and what they ...
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#1354302022-07-21
Wild tiger numbers higher than previously thought
There are 40 percent more tigers in the wild than previously thought, but with a maximum of 5,578 on the prowl, they remain an endangered species, conservationists said Thursday.
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#1221662019-09-10
Wild mountain gorillas found to play in water like humans
A team of researchers from Kyoto University, Primate Cognition Research Group and Conservation through Public Health, has found that wild mountain gorillas living in Uganda play very much like humans when having fun in the water. In their paper published in the journal Primates, the group descri ...
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#1311982021-10-27
Wild monkey sanctuary could be beginning of end for decades-old colony in Florida
A colony of wild monkeys in Dania Beach soon may get a permanent home, complete with fences, medical care and regular meals. But the creation of a monkey sanctuary east of the Fort Lauderdale airport may mark the beginning of the end of a bizarre wildlife population that has survived on a wedge ...
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#1332702022-02-16
Wild honeybees still exist in Europe
Until recently, experts considered it unlikely that the honeybee had survived as a wild animal in Europe. In a current study, biologists Benjamin Rutschmann and Patrick Kohl from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany, show that wild honeybees still exist in the region ...
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#1302762021-09-03
Wild cockatoos observed making and using tools to eat sea mango pits
A team of researchers from the University of Vienna working with a colleague at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences has observed wild Goffin's cockatoos making and using tools to crack open and eat sea mangos—the first-ever example of a wild non-primate making and using a set of tools. They've ...
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#1279462021-04-07
Wild barley from Jordan holds key to stem rust resistance
Stem rust is a devastating disease of cereal crops, including barley, one of the first domesticated crops in agriculture and the fourth most widely grown crop in the world. Barley is unique because it is one of only a few crops that can be cultivated in almost any climate and across a range of e ...
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#1195802019-01-25
Wild about wilderness: The dreadful dangers of the definition deluge
Five countries hold 70 percent of the world’s natural ecosystems, according to an article published in the journal Nature by researcher James Watson and colleagues.
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#1337592022-03-07
Wild Atlantic salmon in Norwegian rivers experienced abrupt reduction in body size in 2005
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Norway has found that wild Atlantic salmon in many Norwegian rivers experienced an abrupt reduction in body size in 2005 after their first year at sea.
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#1205202019-03-26
Widespread losses of pollinating insects across Britain
New research shows that a third of British insect pollinator species have declined in the last 30 years.A study led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology investigated the presence of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species from 1980 to 2013.
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#1283662021-04-30
Why your cat does these 6 things, according to science
Having a cat (or several) can add companionship and warmth to any household. As you share each other's space, however, you may have noticed a few quirks that your cat exhibits, varying from adorable to plainly bizarre.
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#1259722020-12-02
Why there's a lot more to love about jacarandas than just their purple flowers
Every spring, streets across Australia turn purple with the delicate, falling flowers of jacarandas. This year, they'll likely be flowering over Christmas.
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#1293392021-06-15
Why the Earth needs a course correction now
The massive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lives and economies underscores that our collective survival and well-being hinges on our willingness to confront environmental threats that have global consequences.
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#1293672021-06-16
Why spiders are cloaking Gippsland with stunning webs after floods
Stunning photographs of vast, ghostly spider webs blanketing the flood-affected region of Gippsland in Victoria have gone viral online, prompting many to muse on the wonder of nature.
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#1311692021-10-26
Why some of Darwin's finch nestlings have yellow beaks
Carotenoids are the underlying pigment for much of the enormous variety of color found across birds and form the basis for the colors red, yellow and orange. In a study published in Current Biology, researchers from Uppsala University and Princeton University have uncovered the genetic basis for ...
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#1317342021-11-16
Why sea level will rise for decades after we reach net zero carbon
If you were to dig a (very) deep hole that passed through the center of the Earth and kept going to the other side of the planet, where do you think you'd come out?
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#1325372022-01-17
Why satellites are key to understanding Pacific volcano
When an enormous underwater volcanic eruption occurred in the South Pacific near Tonga on Saturday, satellites were in position to capture what had happened.
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#1252292020-04-22
Why relying on new technology won't save the planet
Overreliance on promises of new technology to solve climate change is enabling delay, say researchers from Lancaster University.
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#1227752019-10-29
Why plants panic when it rains
An international team of scientists involving The University of Western Australia's School of Molecular Sciences, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and Lund University has made the surprising discovery that a plant's reaction to rain is close to one of panic.
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#1328872022-02-02
Why monkeys attack sick members of their troop and don't socially distance
Life in the wild can be tough, and sometimes animals don't have the luxury of taking time out when they are sick. That's certainly the reality of life for vervet monkeys living in Southern Africa, even though parasites and viruses are an ever-present component of animal life.
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#1248802020-03-25
Why marine protected areas are often not where they should be
There's no denying the grandeur and allure of a nature reserve or marine protected area. The concept is easy to understand: limit human activity there and marine ecosystems will thrive.
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#1272492021-02-22
Why male mosquitoes leave humans alone
Male mosquitoes won't bite you. For one thing, they cannot—males are hopelessly bad at finding humans and lack a specialized stylet to pierce your skin. But even if they could bite you, they would not want to. They refuse blood meals served to them in the lab through netting, even as their femal ...
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#1268842021-02-04
Why is the Earth blue?
Seen from space, the Earth is blue. The Earth has been blue for over 4 billion years because of the liquid water on its surface. How has the Earth managed to sustain liquid water on its surface for such a long time?
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#1232292019-12-03
Why is an ocean current critical to world weather losing steam? Scientists search the Arctic for answers.
Summer sea ice has been shrinking so dramatically here in the Fram Strait, high in the Arctic between Norway and Greenland, that researchers who make this trip annually point out missing patches like memories of departed friends.
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#1289022021-05-27
Why hurricanes devastate some places over and over again: A meteorologist explains
Every coastline in the North Atlantic is vulnerable to tropical storms, but some areas are more susceptible to hurricane destruction than others.
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#1262592020-12-15
Why everything eventually becomes a crab
Evolution is a pretty weird concept. Our family members that existed on Earth millions of years ago probably didn’t look much like today’s humans, and who knows what human relatives will look like millions of years from now. If you’re to believe some recent memes, though, our descents might look ...
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#1243512020-02-25
Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought.
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#1353542022-07-15
Why don't insects freeze solid in the Arctic?
Life in the Arctic is harsh. Arctic temperatures are punishing, making life difficult for many animals to survive. Yet lots of insects, including mosquitoes, manage to thrive in the frozen region. So why don't they freeze themselves?
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#1272022021-02-19
Why do we love koalas so much? Because they look like baby humans
The koala is a much-loved species and lucrative tourism drawcard. Yet, for all its popularity, koalas are forecast to be extinct in NSW within 30 years.
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#1292692021-06-11
Why do people support fish species conservation in European rivers?
An important element for the protection of biodiversity is the willingness of the public to support restoration efforts. Using a longitudinal survey design with 1,000 respondents each in Germany, France, Norway and Sweden, scientists led by IGB investigated which values, beliefs and norms promot ...
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#1317992021-11-18
Why do brown bears frequent towns more than before?
Surveys have revealed an upward trend in the number of brown bears over the past three decades in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. Researchers at Hokkaido University have been investigating the causes and implications of the increase.
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#1259372020-12-01
Why did the woolly rhino go extinct?
In the arctic tundra of northeastern Siberia lies a graveyard of a now-extinct species of megafauna, the woolly rhinoceros, dating back 50,000 years. Now, a new genomic analysis of the remains of 14 of these fantastical furry yellow creatures shows that climate change was the likely culprit for ...