Phys.org – Ecology

A landmark survey has uncovered a hidden koala population living on the fringe of a major city, using thermal drone searches with spotlight verification and statistical modeling.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden world beneath our feet. Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides.This post was originally […]

Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate the Earth’s climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with essential nutrients, while drawing carbon deep into soils. Scientists and conservationists have been racing to find ways to […]

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research on Tuesday that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined.This post […]

A trio of oceanographers and mathematicians at Dalhousie University, in Canada, has found evidence that the populations of two major types of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean have been decreasing by approximately 2% per […]

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby “knees” and towering trunks, are more than just swamp dwellers—they’re some of […]

After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion. As these transformed into plants and animals completely unique […]

Scientists have shed new light on the evolution of an important species of wasp—and believe that the findings could help improve the effectiveness of natural pest control.This post was originally published on this site

In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers at UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Marine Ecological Theory Lab reveal that coral reefs are creeping toward the poles in response to warming oceans, […]

A QUT researcher has observed a rare ocean phenomenon off the coast of Timor-Leste revealing a surprising ally in the fight for coral reef survival: giant, gelatinous plankton known as pyrosomes.This post was originally published […]