Phys.org – Ecology

Streets, walls, concrete—cities may seem like a harsh environment. Yet some animals adapt remarkably well. A new study published in Biology Letters from Bielefeld University shows that common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) behave far more […]

How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels’ problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester and Oulu.This post was originally published on this […]

They are beautiful, they are everywhere, and they are absurdly unknown: you are entirely forgiven if you’ve never heard of foraminifera before. But they play a huge role in the functioning of marine ecosystems, and […]

Information on Earth’s biodiversity is increasingly collected using DNA-, image- and audio-based sampling. At the same time, new statistical analysis methods are being developed to make more out of the collected data, providing detailed information […]

A new study, led by federal agencies in collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver, shows that the whitebark pine tree—an iconic, high-elevation tree that stretches from California’s Sierra Nevada through the Cascades and Rockies […]

Three million years ago, an extinct relative of today’s great penguins—emperors and kings—lived in Aotearoa New Zealand.This post was originally published on this site

New research has found that female crabs show significantly greater sensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from underwater power cables than males, which transmit electricity from offshore installations including wind farms.This post was originally published on […]

New research has shown for the first time that magpies can distinguish between the number of callers when played recordings of intruder magpies.This post was originally published on this site

Cities and towns surrounded by large areas of woodland are more likely to have ticks in their urban greenspaces, according to a new study.This post was originally published on this site

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss, according to a new international study led by Aberystwyth University academics, which calls for a fundamental shift in how nature is valued.This post was originally published on this […]