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“#Mediterranean and tropical biodiversity most vulnerable to human pressures” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Animals in tropical and Mediterranean areas are the most sensitive to climate change and land use pressures, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, show how extinction risks are not evenly distributed worldwide,…
“#Project to protect marine mammals provides valuable framework” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A fisheries management tool designed for endangered and threatened species in data-limited places has produced a win-win opportunity for fishers and marine mammals in Southeast Asia, providing a valuable framework for other coastal nations around the world where food insecurity, overfishing, and habitat…
“#Australians hope to save whale from crocodile-infested river” In this photo provided by the Northern Territory Government, a humpback whale swims in the East Alligator River in the Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory, on Sept. 10, 2020. Whales have never been seen before in the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory’s World…
“#Study examines how civil wars affect wildlife populations” Bushbuck kewel (Tragelaphus scriptus), the most common hunted species in the post-war period. Credit: Franciany Braga-Pereira A new study comprehensively reveals how civil wars impact wildlife in countries affected by conflict. Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), in the UK, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB),…
“#Hitchhiking seeds pose substantial risk of nonnative plant invasions” With backpack vacuums, the research team went looking for nonnative plant seeds on air-intake grilles of refrigerated shipping containers – and found thousands of them. Credit: Rima Lucardi, USFS Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places—like the air-intake grille of a refrigerated…
“#’Superfungus’ threatens last Panamanian golden frogs” A Panamanian golden frog is pictured at El Nispero Zoo and Botanical Garden, east of Panama City, in 2009 Cocooned from the outside world, some 200 critically endangered golden frogs are living a sheltered existence in Panama, protected from a devastating fungus that threatens to wipe out a third…
“#Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river” Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be the first time one has been spotted in thKakadu National Park A trio of humpback whales—usually bound for Antarctica this time of year—took a wrong turn, heading up a crocodile-infested north Australian river…
“#Trout don’t follow the weather forecast” UC visiting assistant professor Michael Booth is unlocking the secrets of endangered steelhead in California. Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative An endangered fish in California might use its internal clock to decide when to migrate, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati. UC visiting assistant professor of…
“#Climate change recasts the insect communities of the Arctic” Parasitoid wasps can be divided into two groups: idiobionts and koinobionts. Cryptus arcticus is an idiobiont attacking host larvae just as they are pupating. Since the host is already immobile at this stage, the parasitoid has to overwinter on site chosen by the host. Credit: Tuomas…
“#More than 90% of protected areas are disconnected” “More than 90 per cent of protected areas are isolated, in a sea of human activities.” Credit: James Wheeler Ongoing land clearing for agriculture, mining and urbanization is isolating and disconnecting Earth’s protected natural areas from each other, a new study shows. Lead author Michelle Ward, from…