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“#Native bees also facing novel pandemic” A major threat for native bees is pathogen spillover. Infected bees can leave the fungus on flowers where other bees then feed and contract it. Credit: Unsplash Move over, murder hornets. There’s a new bee killer in town. CU Boulder researchers have found there is growing evidence that another “pandemic,”…
“#Endangered California condors in Sequoia National Park for the first time in 50 years” Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the first time in nearly 50 years, California condors have been spotted at Sequoia National Park, wildlife officials announced. The majestic scavengers, the largest land bird in North America, with a 9.5-foot wingspan, once inhabited areas…
“#Aquaculture’s role in nutrition in the COVID-19 era” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aquaculture, the relatively young but fast-growing industry of farming of fish and other marine life, now produces around half of all seafood consumed by humans. A new paper from American University published today examines the economics of an aquaculture industry of the future…
“#Movement ecology bears fruits: ATLAS supports map-based navigation of wild bats” Researcher attaches ATLAS tracking collar to bat. Credit: David Shohami When wild Egyptian fruit bats set out at night to forage in Israel’s Hula Valley, they do so using advanced spatial memory and a flexible cognitive mapping of the fruit trees and other goals…
“#The restoration of forests with active rapid ‘Ohi’a death infections may be possible” ʻŌhiʻa (Metrosideros polymorpha) seedling in an unweeded plot. Credit: Stephanie Yelenik, Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center. Public domain. For the first time, researchers have shown that native ‘ohi’a seedlings can survive for at least a year in areas that have active mortality…
“#Cycad stem cuttings need wound sealants for successful propagation” A healthy female Cycas micronesica plant growing at the University of Guam was rescued from a construction site by use of a large stem cutting. Protecting the wound on the cutting with a sealant was part of the successful protocol that the scientists used to achieve…
“#Chinook salmon declines related to changes in freshwater conditions” A juvenile chinook salmon swims in Campbell Creek in Anchorage. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A new University of Alaska-led study provides the first evidence that declines in many of Alaska’s chinook salmon populations can be attributed in part to climate-driven changes in their freshwater…
“#Nearly all Madagascar’s lemur species ‘face extinction’” Lemurs are hunted for food and the illegal pet trade, while their forests are destroyed Almost all species of lemur, the small saucer-eyed primates native to Madagascar, face extinction, an international conservation body warned on Thursday, adding to its growing list of animals and plants under threat. Of…
“#Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times” Sightings of aardvarks foraging in the daytime are becoming more common but can be a sign of food shortages brought on by drought. Credit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because they are solitary, mostly…
“#Fishing for a theory of emergent behavior” The classification from Φ values related to the school’s behaviour. (a) analysis of 2-fish schools. (b) analysis of 3-fish schools. (c) analysis of 4-fish schools. (d) analysis of 5-fish schools. Credit: University of Tsukuba Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used advanced metrics from information theory to describe…