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“#’A win for the Everglades’: 5,000 pythons removed in state-sponsored capture program” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Florida’s fight against the invasive Burmese python has hit a new milestone: 5,000 snakes captured in the Everglades since wildlife managers started paying hunters to remove the destructive constrictors in 2017. The South Florida Water Management District and the…
“#Adjusting planter parameters to match field conditions can maximize emergence and yield” Planter performance is a critical component when laying the foundation for a successful crop season. Environmental and soil conditions can significantly impact crop germination and emergence and help or hinder development of an adequate crop stand early in the season. Adjusting specific planter…
“#Solar-powered animal tracker transforms how researchers collect data on animals in wild” Trials of the solar-powered device showing a range of attachment types across taxa including (a) giraffe—ossicone, (b) scimitar horned oryx—horn, (c) Przewalski’s stallion—tail hair, (d) elephant calf—collar and (e) Rüppell’s vulture with backpack. Credit: University College Dublin A new solar-powered animal tracker promises…
“#One-quarter of native mammals now at risk of extinction in Britain” Credit: Mark Evans / The Mammal Society The first official Red List for British Mammals, led by a University of Sussex professor, shows that 11 of the 47 mammals native to Britain are classified as being at imminent risk of extinction. A further five…
“#Carpe diem: Invasive fish feeds hungry in South Africa’s lockdown” Carp from Europe were introduced into Groenvlei in South Africa in the 1800s and have proliferated so much that the lake’s ecosystem is at threat It is just before sunrise and volunteers are hauling nets full of gleaming, wriggling carp out of Groenvlei Lake. Here,…
“#High time to open up ecological research” The percentage of scientific ecological papers that share the code (and data) behind the science proves to be not that high, and all the more so if you look closer. Credit: Szymek Drobniak Share the code and data behind the research please. It’s easy, but it will have…
“#Butterfly genomics: Monarchs migrate and fly differently, but meet up and mate” Tens to hundreds of millions of monarchs blanket the trees and landscape of central Mexico through the winter. Credit: Jaap de Roode Each year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate across eastern North America to fly from as far north as the U.S.-Canadian border…
“#Amazonian Indigenous territories are crucial for conservation” Credit: CC0 Public Domain “In this paper we show that supporting Indigenous peoples’ rights is in the interest of the conservation agenda,” explains Dr. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, the first author of the study, from the University of Helsinki. “The future of a substantial proportion of the Amazon’s biodiversity depends…
“#Smaller habitats worse than expected for biodiversity” Islands of scrub habitat surrounded by an agricultural matrix in Israel. Credit: Yaron Ziv The ongoing decline of global biodiversity has prompted policies to protect and restore habitats to minimize animal and plant extinctions. However, biodiversity forecasts used to inform these policies are usually based on assumptions of…
“#Indigenous people vital for understanding environmental change” Maasai communities in Kenya contribute to successful reforestation projects by using their indigenous knowledge. Credit: Joan de la Malla Grassroots knowledge from Indigenous people can help to map and monitor ecological changes and improve scientific studies, according to Rutgers-led research. The study, published in the Journal of Applied…