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“#Grey reef sharks found to exhibit social behavior” Spatial and social assortment. (a) Palmyra Atoll US National Wildlife Refuge (red diamond) in the Central Pacific Ocean. (b) Space use measured as the 50% UD of sharks assigned to their respective communities, which were defined using community detection of movement networks in addition to residency behaviour…
“#Researchers discover honeybees have more than one way to feed on nectar” (a) Four micrographs of a honeybee sucking the artificial nectar. (b) Six micrographs of a honeybee lapping the artificial nectar. Credit: Biology Letters (2020). 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0449 A team of researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University, Kiel University, and the University of Washington has found that…
“#Scientists devised a cheap, ingenious trick to save this bird from a blood-sucking maggot, and it works brilliantly” Credit: Francesco Veronesi / flickr Saving endangered species from extinction is a challenging job that requires creative, affordable and effective interventions. In a rare good news story for conservation, we came up with one such method. We…
“#’Insect apocalypse’ may not be happening in US” Scientists have been warning about an ‘insect apocalypse’ in recent years, noting sharp declines in specific areas — particularly in Europe. A new study shows these warnings may have been exaggerated and are not representative of what’s happening to insects on a larger scale. Credit: UGA Scientists…
“#Study shows inbreeding reduces cooperation in banded mongooses” A banded mongoose pup shelters next to its escort; the two will rarely be more than 30cm apart for the two months that the escort cares for it. Credit: Dr Hazel Nichols Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchers. A…
“#Dolphin study shows mammals age at different rates” Navy bottlenose dolphin jumping in San Diego Bay, California. Credit: US Navy. A team of researchers from Epitracker, Inc. and Seraphina Therapeutics, Inc., working with the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, has found that dolphins age at different rates. In their paper published in Proceedings of the…
“#Use of neonicotinoids found to reduce some bird populations” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A trio of researchers, two with the University of Illinois, the other Auburn University, has found that the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on farm crops leads to reductions in some bird populations. In their paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability, Yijia…
“#Targeting the bacteria inside insects for improved pest management” Green peach aphids after microinjection with Buchnera bacteria. The green morph has not been altered, the yellow morph has been injected with Buchnera (which alters its colour) and the little nymph is the offspring of the injected aphid line. Credit: Dr Xinyue Gu/ PEARG Any home…
“#Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America” The Texas frosted elfin (Callophrys irus hadros), a small butterfly subspecies found only in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, has lost most of its prairie habitat and is thought to have dramatically declined over the last century. Credit: Matthew D. Moran, CC BY-ND In recent…
“#Air pollution impacts the health of wild pollinators” Pseudocolorized, non-coated scanning electron micrographs of two foraging Giant Asian honeybee (Apis dorsata) wing regions, one (top) collected from a low polluted site in Bangalore, India (average respiratory suspended particulate matter, RSPM10 particles < 10 μM at 33.7 μg/m3) and one (bottom) collected from a highly polluted...