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July 12, 2023

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Using AI to Save Species from Extinction Cascades

Algorithms can predict what movies or songs you might like, but they can also predict which species a predator would most likely eat. Researchers have been using machine learning to identify species interactions, and can predict which species are most likely to go extinct, so that intervention can ...

Hedging Strategy for Coral Restoration Balances Diversity, Ecosystem Benefits

An international team of researchers developed an innovative new strategy for choosing a set of key coral species that will best maintain ecosystem functions critical for reef health. Their hedging approach provides a simple framework for aiding ...

Virus-Like Transposons Wage War on the Species Barrier

Scientists have known for decades that genes can be transferred from one species to another, both in animals and plants. However, the mechanism of how such an unlikely event occurs remained unknown. Now, researchers identify a vector of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in worms. The findings could ...

European Bird Communities Move to Cooler Areas, but Mountain Ranges and Coastlines 'Control the Traffic'

A recent study shows that European bird communities have shifted northeastward in the past 30 years. These shifts are faced with obstacles such as mountain ranges and coastlines. Overall, bird communities are moving towards cooler areas but not fast ...
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Kangaroo Island Ants 'Play Dead' to Avoid Predators

They're well known for their industrious work, but now a species of ant on Kangaroo Island is also showing that it is skilled at 'playing dead', a behavior that researchers believe is ...

Small Wildlife Surveys Can Produce 'Big Picture' Results

Small-scale wildlife surveys can reveal the health of entire ecosystems, new research ...

Indo-Pacific Corals More Resilient to Climate Change Than Atlantic Corals

面对全球变暖等环境tal changes, corals in the Atlantic Ocean have declined precipitously in recent years, while corals in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are faring ...

“零工厂交货tinction' Is Possible, Says Plant Ecologist

Like animals, many plant species are struggling to adapt to a human-dominated planet. However, plants are often overlooked in conservation efforts, even though they are cheaper and easier to protect ...

Researchers Explore Techniques to Successfully Reintroduce Captive Birds Into the Wild

Studies show that some species may require breeding in captivity within the next 200 years to avoid extinction. This reality places heavy importance on the reintroduction practices used to ...

Nature's Chefs: Scientists Propose Food-Making as Means of Understanding Species Interactions

An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as 'nature's chefs.' ...

Coastal Species Persist on High Seas on Floating Plastic Debris

The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community ...

Learning About What Happens to Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity in Times of Mass Extinction

从过去学习大规模灭绝事件build our understanding of how ecosystems and the communities of organisms within them respond. Researchers are looking to the Late Devonian mass ...

Software to Untangle Genetic Factors Linked to Shared Characteristics Among Different Species

Scientists have developed a software package to help answer key questions about genetic factors associated with shared characteristics among different ...

Oldest Bat Skeletons Ever Found Described from Wyoming Fossils

Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The study on the extinct bat, which lived in Wyoming about 52 million years ago, supports the idea ...

Male Yellow Crazy Ants Are Real-Life Chimeras

Researchers discovered that males of the yellow crazy ant have maternal and paternal genomes in different cells of their body and are thus ...

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Family Tree of 'Boring' Butterflies Reveals They're Anything but

Important species often get overlooked if they lack flashy colors or charismatic behavior. This is true of euptychiine butterflies, one of the most common insects in the Amazon Rainforest that have ...

Lifting the Veil on Disease Avoidance Strategies in Multiple Animal Species

A framework has been developed to test disgust and its associated disease avoidance behaviors across various animal species, social systems, and habitats. Over 30 species have been predicted to ...

Warming Arctic Draws Marine Predators Northwards

Marine predators have expanded their ranges into the Arctic waters over the last twenty years, driven by climate change and associated increases in ...

Researchers Assemble Pathogen 'Tree of Life'

Researchers provide open-access tool to capture new data on a global plant destroyer, ...

Scientists Discover Hidden Crab Diversity Among Coral Reefs

印度-西太平洋海域海洋ecosys是最大的tem on Earth, but scientists who study its diversity have to contend with a problem so well-known it was remarked upon by Charles Darwin: related ...

Three Newly Discovered Sea Worms That Glow in the Dark Named After Creatures from Japanese Folklore and Marine Biologist

Researchers have discovered three new species of luminescent Polycirrus worms that emit blue-purple light. They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the ...

Babies or Beauty? Ancient Origin of How Female Butterflies Invest

When resources are scarce, most animals have to choose. A new study reveals an ancient origin to how female butterflies ...

New Mosquito Species Reported in Florida

A mosquito known only by its scientific name, Culex lactator, is the latest to establish in the Sunshine State, according to a new ...

An Elegant New Orchid Hiding in Plain Sight

It is extremely rare for a new plant species to be discovered in Japan, a nation where flora has been extensively studied and documented. Nevertheless, botanists recently uncovered a stunning new ...

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