With Amazon Explorer, Paul Rosolie
Paul Rosolie checking the camera trap videos on a laptop in the Amazon, Photo: Mohsin Kazmi
Visiting a rainforest can be an exercise in challenged expectations. Everyone knows that rainforests are full of life: they teem with species, act as stages for...
May
14
Sometimes ‘the hunted’ adapt to the introduction of a new predator better than competing hunters. A clear example is the lace monitor, which competes with the fox for the same food resources. Photo: Wikipedia
The impact an introduced species can have on Australian native animals should take...
May
08
Courtesy of the European Environment Agency
Invasive alien species pose greater risks than previously thought for biodiversity, human health and economies, according to two new reports from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Asian tiger mosquito
An alien or non-native species is an organism...
Feb
28
First Family Tree Created for all Living Bird Species
A team of international researchers has created the world's first family tree for the 9,993 known living bird species.The results will help develop better conservation programs. Image: WikiCommons
An international group of scientists has...
Nov
07
The researchers found that many species of fruit fly appear to be constrained by an evolutionary straitjacket and can't adapt to predicted climate change-related temperature increases. Image: Bbski/Wikimedia
Many species of fruit fly lack the ability to adapt effectively to predicted increases...
Sep
18
Large-eyed nocturnal fish, such as this moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur), are highly specialised for operating in the dark. They may have adapted to night living in order to avoid predators active during the day. Photo:Flickr Nemo’s great uncle.
On the coral reefs of Tabuaeran Atoll in the...
Aug
02
Wakatobi, Indonesia. Photo UNESCO © LIPI,
The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which met in Paris from 9 to 13 July, has added 20 new sites, including two transboundary, to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). The network now...
Jul
30
Small Fish Adapt to Cold, Warm Water Temperatures Along 2,000 Miles of Atlantic Coast
Scientists Lyndie Hice and Glenn Wagner seine for Atlantic silversides near Cape Hatteras. Credit: Keith Dunton
The Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia … and off Florida.
Along some 2,000 miles, its waters go...
Jul
25
