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“#Saving marine life: Novel method quantifies the effects of plastic on marine wildlife” Research Overview Credit: Marko Justup, Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology together with their international collaborators have developed a novel quantitative method to quantify the effects of plastic on marine animals. This method successfully shows that plastic ingestion…
“#Following African elephant trails to approach conservation differently” Elephants act as engineers of the forests. These massive creatures trample thick vegetation through dense forests in the Central African Republic’s Congo Basin as they move from the forests’ fruit trees to more open water sources where they hydrate, bathe and socialize. Remis and Jost Robinson focus…
“#Bamboozling the bark beetles” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The forest is struggling to cope with the largest bark beetle plague in 70 years. While the trees are suffering due to the heat and the drought, the pests are proliferating rampantly in the warm weather: A pair of European spruce bark beetles, for example, can produce…
“#Study advances research of cycads as an ecotoxin” Research by the University of Guam on cycad seed age was the cover story of the June 2020 issue of Horticulturae, a peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI. Credit: Horticulturae University of Guam research has revealed that younger cycad seeds pose a greater risk for toxicity when consumed…
“#Hots dogs, chicken wings and city living helped wetland wood storks thrive” Stork chicks in a nest in South Florida eating a chicken wing. Credit: Betsy Evans, Ph.D. Natural wetlands continue to disappear due to city and human development and are being replaced with manmade swales, ponds and canals. This degradation and replacement of natural…
“#Citizen scientists bring surprising insights into cowslip mating system” Cowslip is a distylous species with two morphologically different types of flowers. Plants with short-styled or S-morphs (photo A; sometimes referred to as thrum plants) carry flowers with a short style and long anthers, while long-styled L-morphs (or pin plants; photo B) have a long style…
“#Warmer, acidifying ocean brings extinction for reef-building corals, renewal for relatives” A healthy coral reef with both hard corals and softer-bodied relatives at Chinchorro Reef in the Mexican Caribbean Sea.A new study, published Aug. 31 in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, finds that reef-building corals emerged only when ocean conditions supported the construction of…
“#Prior exposure to powdery mildew makes plants more vulnerable to subsequent disease” Plantago lanceolata growing in a field in Wisconsin. Credit: Penczykowski lab, Washington University in St. Louis Next time you head outside for a socially distant walk in between your Zoom meetings, notice the rich diversity of plants along your path. As we approach…
“#Serengeti leopard population densities healthy but vary seasonally, study finds” Leopard population densities in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania are comparable to those in other large protected areas, researchers found. The scientists used camera-trap data from the Snapshot Serengeti project. Credit: Michael Jeffords and Sue Post A study of camera-trap data from Serengeti National…
“#How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once the poster child for genetically modified (GM) crop advocates. Its 2008 adoption of GM cotton for smallholder farmers was hailed as an example of how these technologies could alleviate…