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“#Love avocados? Thank a toxodon” Megaherbivores like the toxodon were the avocado’s best friend. Credit: Robert Bruce Horsfall/Wikimedia Commons Given avocado’s popularity today, it’s hard to believe that we came close to not having them in our supermarkets at all. In my new book “Avocado: A Global History,” I explain how the avocado survived a…
“#Vietnam suspends wildlife trade as pandemic prods action”
“#Rare leopard frog found beyond its known range in Southwest” A rare frog has been found beyond its known range in the Southwest. A U.S. Forest Service volunteer recently photographed a Chiricahua leopard frog in an earthen stock tank near the town of Camp Verde in central Arizona, the agency said Thursday. Biologists later confirmed…
“#US mulls endangered status for Nevada plant in mine fight” In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo, a series of greenhouses are pictured at the University of Nevada, Reno, where a rare desert wildflower is growing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s enough scientific evidence that two rare plants in Nevada’s desert could…
“#Young dolphins pick their friends wisely” Young dolphins seek out peers and activities that will help get them where they need to go, finds a new study. Credit: Madison Miketa, PhD, Shark Bay Dolphin Project. Strategic networking is key to career success, and not just for humans. A new study of wild bottlenose dolphins reveals…
“#Boats and ships leave baby reef fish vulnerable to predators” Juvenile fishes have one of the highest mortality rates compared to other life stages. Within two days of settling into a reef almost 60 percent are consumed by predators. Our recent study found noisy boats and ships can also affect the prey response of these…
“#Where are arctic mosquitoes most abundant in Greenland and why?” Caribou grazing on vegetation near an Arctic mosquito pond in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Credit: Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It’s mosquito season in Greenland. June and July marks the period when Arctic mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) are in peak abundance, buzzing about the tundra. While Arctic mosquitoes serve as…
“#Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics” Lightning on Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama. Credit: Jeff Burchfield, University of Alabama Huntsville. Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama have published dramatic maps showing the locations of lightning strikes across the tropics in Global Change Biology….
“#We discovered a new species, but war means it may now remain hidden forever” The male specimen discovered in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. Credit: Alec Moore, Author provided The world has a new species. My colleagues and I were hugely excited to announce it but, alas, this stingray—a distant cousin of sharks—can’t be claimed…
“#New research identifies the rules that termites use to build their nests” by Dr Giulio Facchini and Dr Andrea Perna Of The University Of Roehampton, University of Roehampton </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/2-newresearchi.jpg” data-sub-html=”A small fragment of Nasutitermes walker nest. Visible is the complex arrangement of walls and galleries. Credit: University of Roehampton” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/2-newresearchi.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”New…