. Scientific Frontline: Ecology
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish Make a Comeback

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A female smalltooth sawfish. Photo Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glanc...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Human-Made Chemicals Found Throughout Ocean Environments

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Study co-authors Irina Koester and Zachary Quinlan, both former graduate students at Scripps Oceanography, are shown setting up dissolved or...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Wild plants can rapidly evolve to rescue themselves from climate change

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Scarlet monkeyflower plant in natural habitat. Photo Credit: Seema Sheth. Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : E...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls

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Dead branches of Pocillopora coral on the outer reef of Moorea were killed by bleaching in 2019. The dead branches are coated in algae and t...

Mangrove forests are short of breath

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The tidal water creates special ecosystems in the mangrove forests. These ecosystems are under threat when ocean water is getting warmer. Ph...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Europe's buzzards are losing their color diversity

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The plumage colouring of the Common Buzzard is very diverse, ranging from light to dark. Photo Credit: © MPI for Biological Intelligence/ Ka...

New study reveals how Ethiopia’s hyenas combat climate change, save money and prevent disease

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Ecological Role of Urban Hyenas The Core...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds

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Raccoon interacting with puzzle box. Photo Credit: Hannah Griebling Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Raccoon Cognitiv...

New study finds deep ocean microbes already prepared to tackle climate change

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A research group co-led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign predicts that a surprisingly adaptable species of marine archaea will...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

What Is: Abyssopelagic Zone

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A master of abyssopelagic survival, the anglerfish overcomes absolute darkness and sparse food supplies with a specialized, light-producing ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Villages: underestimated habitats with potential

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Villages are still relatively little studied as habitats for pollinating insects – yet they offer considerable potential. Photo Credit: Pete...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

How fires, storms, and bark beetles will shape the future of Europe’s forests

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Forests in southern and western Europe are especially at risk, while the economic, climatic and ecological impacts extend far beyond regiona...

Arrival of Homo Erectus may have triggered Mosquitoes’ taste for human blood

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Mosquito Evolution and Early Hominins Th...

Black Death ‘Rewilding’ Did Not Boost Biodiversity

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As farmland was abandoned, traditional land management practices ceased and forests spread. Rather than driving an increase in plant biodive...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Rewilding could fill gap left by Panama's lost giants

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Lake La Yeguada. Photo Credit: Dunia Urrego Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Ecosystem Rewilding in Panama Main Disco...

50 years after whaling, behavioural effects linger

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A breaching humpback whale. Photo Credit:  Mike Doherty Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Behavioral Effects of Whalin...

Ancient symbiosis between plants and fungi: important insights for sustainable agriculture

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Long-term experiment on nutrient deficiency in grassland at the Raumberg-Gumpenstein Agricultural Research Station in Admont. Grassland area...
Monday, March 2, 2026

Study finds Earth may have twice as many vertebrate species as previously thought

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Lampropeltis knoblochi, or the Southern Arizona mountain kingsnake, was delimited as a distinct species from the Northern Arizona mountain k...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

What Is: The Biosphere

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A conceptual visualization of Earth's life-supporting envelope, illustrating the dynamic flow of energy and the intricate integration of...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Collateral damage: Japanese beetle traps snare nature’s helpers

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A Japanese beetle on a marigold Photo Credit: Joseph Moisan-De Serres Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The E...