Phys.org – Ecology

Imagine moving into a new house just to discover it has no insulation. That’s what life can be like for a bat box resident.This post was originally published on this site

MBARI researchers have developed an innovative imaging system that can be deployed at great depths underwater to study the movement of marine life. The team used the system to study deep-sea octopus and shared their […]

Arthropods, including insects and spiders, make up the vast majority of animal species on the planet.This post was originally published on this site

We’ve all had a bad night’s sleep, with a snoring partner, a crying baby or neighbors having too much fun. Sleep disturbances are common and have unpleasant consequences the day after, including feeling unmotivated and […]

The established conservation practice of relocating animals from large, genetically diverse populations to small communities of inbred endangered species may risk introducing more damaging than beneficial gene variants into the threatened group, a new study […]

A research team led by Prof. Li Yuqiang from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered the mechanisms behind the formation of self-organized Turing patterns in […]

A team of researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is digitizing images of pollen from more than 18,000 plant species from the tropics. The work is published in the journal PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET.This post […]

University of Queensland research shows emissions from the global chocolate industry could be reduced by growing more shade trees over farms in the region that supplies 60% of the world’s cocoa.This post was originally published […]

A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and pollinators become uncoordinated, even for a brief […]

“I’m not going if I don’t know anyone”—sound all too familiar? Well it’s not just humans. Socializing in a new group can be tricky. People often rely on word of mouth and friends-of-friends connections. New […]