Scientists have discovered that milkweed butterflies harass, subdue, and subsequently feed on live, dead, and dying caterpillars belonging to other milkweed butterflies.
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A series of recent research papers from a McGill-led team has found that the herbicide glyphosate—commonly sold under the label Roundup—can alter the structure of natural freshwater bacterial and zooplankton communities.
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New research finds evidence of paternal care in a cephalopod, with male bigfin reef squids helping female squids find a suitable place to lay their eggs.
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New research shows how the body condition of endangered Southern Resident killer whales reflects changes in Chinook salmon numbers in the Fraser River and the Salish Sea.
Read More A new study finds that wing morphology and flight efficiency are critical factors in a bird’s ability to move to a new breeding place.
Read More Biological diversity in the Appalachians is severely threatened by mountaintop coal mining, according to a study in the September 2021 issue of the journal Ecological Applications.
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This month Colorado State University’s Dennis Ojima became president of the governing board of the Ecological Society of America.
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(August 23, 2021) – The San Nicolas Island fox, a subspecies of the Channel Island Fox only found on the most remote of California’s eight Channel Islands, is at a low risk of extinction, new research published last week in Ecosphere shows.
Read More A research team from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that found that two grassland sites in Inner Mongolia differed markedly in their aboveground net primary production responses to soil moisture, with greater sensitivity at the more arid site.
Read More Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire severity, new research from The Australian National University shows.
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