. Scientific Frontline: Ecology
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Pesticides Significantly Affect Soil Life and Biodiversity

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70 percent of European soils are contaminated with pesticides with a major impact on various beneficial soil organisms, such as mycorrhizal ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Silky Shark Study Reveals Deadly Gaps in Marine Protected Areas

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The Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Photo Credit: Alex Chernikh ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summar...

Changes to cougar diets and behaviors reduce their competition with wolves in Yellowstone

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Researcher Wesley Binder climbs a tree to reach a cougar to be collared with a GPS device. Photo Credit: Jake Frank, National Park Service S...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Study finds fisheries management—not predator recovery—drives catch levels in the North Sea

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Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) basking on a rocky shore. Recent data shows these charismatic marine mammals have surged in the past few deca...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Meet the marten: Oregon State research provides updated look at rare, adorable carnivore

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Humboldt marten. Photo Credit: Ben Wymer, A Woods Walk Photography Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Ge...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Positive Interactions Dominate Among Marine Microbes, Six-Year Study Reveals

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Lead study author Ewa Merz conducting maintenance on a pump below the Scripps Pier, which brings seawater to the surface for sampling. Photo...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Seawater microbes offer new, non-invasive way to detect coral disease

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This brain coral shows the effects of stony coral tissue loss disease. The brown areas are healthy, the white areas are newly dead from the ...

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest

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Yellow fever cases have begun to rise, spilling over the expanding border between the forest and urban areas. Photo Credit:  Thiago Japyassu...

Hot spring bathing doesn't just keep snow monkeys warm

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Video Credit:  Abdullah Langgeng Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Hot spring bathing behaviors in Japa...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Freshwater browning threatens growth and populations of economically important fish

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Smallmouth bass Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Fres...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

What Is: Invasive Species

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary The Core Concept : Invasive ...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Long-term pesticide exposure accelerates aging and shortens lifespan in fish

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Notre Dame biologist Jason Rohr Photo Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summar...

Insects are victims too, not just invaders, says study

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Harlequin larva and moth eggs. Photo Credit: Bill Phillips Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : A groundbr...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Study shows that species-diverse systems like prairies have built-in protection

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The Rainfall and Diversity Experiment, where the study is based, was established at the KU Field Station in 2018. The site includes 12 const...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

How light reflects on leaves may help researchers identify dying forests

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Trees at UNDERC Photo Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Early detection of declining forest health is critical for the timel...

Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather

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Cassiope tetragona killed by a rain-on-snow event. Photo Credit: R Treharne Extreme weather events have become significantly more common in ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Recovering reef fish populations could nourish millions of additional people each year

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A new study led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Assistant Professor Jessica Zamborain-Mason shows that rebuild...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Plant science with a twist

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Images of roots studied as part of new research exploring the molecular underpinnings to how plants twist their roots. Image Credit: Dixit L...
Friday, January 2, 2026

What Is: The Anthropocene

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image At a Glance The Core Concept : The Anthropocene, or "Age of Man," is a proposed g...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Water’s Age and What It Can Tell Us

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PhD student Joshua Snarski is using stable water isotopes to study how water is stored and released from soil in agricultural settings. Phot...