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Evolutionary Path of Predators Could be a Direct Consequence of Climate Change

Old dogs can teach humans new things about evolution. In Nature Communications a new study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a direct consequence of climate change.

20 Aug 2015

Stronger Winds due to Climate Change Could Impact Wild Animal Populations

Stronger winds forecast as a result of climate change could impact on populations of wild animals, by affecting how well they can feed, a study of seabirds suggests.

20 Aug 2015

Global Climate Change Negatively Impacts Lizard Embryos

The expected impact of climate change on North American lizards is much worse than first thought. A team of biologists led by Arizona State University investigators has discovered that lizard embryos die when subjected to a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit even for a few minutes.

20 Aug 2015

Toxic Chemical Spreads Beyond Superfund Site

Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have found that a contaminated mixture called Aroclor 1268 has spread beyond a former chemical plant, now a Superfund site, near Brunswick.

19 Aug 2015

Low-Cost, On-Site Method to Study Impact of Rising Sea Levels on Vital Wetlands

Scientists designed a new, on-site method for studying potential impacts rising sea levels can have on vital wetlands, said a University of Alabama researcher who led a study publishing Aug. 17 describing the modifiable apparatuses.

19 Aug 2015

Glaciers in Central Asia Experience Considerable Loss in Glacier Mass and Area

Glaciers in Central Asia experience substantial losses in glacier mass and area. Along the Tien Shan, Central Asia's largest mountain range, glaciers have lost 27% of their mass and 18% of their area during the last 50 years.

18 Aug 2015

CWRU Researchers Suggest Early Salt Exposure May Weaken Immunity of Juvenile Frogs

Millions of tons of road salt are applied to streets and highways across the United States each winter to melt ice and snow and make travel safer, but the effects of salt on wildlife are poorly understood.

18 Aug 2015

New Discovery by IU Paleobotanist Raises Questions About Early Evolutionary History of Flowering Plants

Indiana University paleobotanist David Dilcher and colleagues in Europe have identified a 125 million- to 130 million-year-old freshwater plant as one of earliest flowering plants on Earth.

18 Aug 2015

WHOI Researchers Design and Test Innovative System for Studying Planktonic Larvae in Coastal Ocean Waters

A group of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers and engineers have developed and tested an innovative new system for sampling small planktonic larvae in coastal ocean waters and understanding their distribution.

18 Aug 2015

Variation in Color Artwork Affects Dynamics of Moth Populations

Kalmar/Halle(Saale). Why some species of plants and animals vary more in number than others is a central issue in ecology. Now researchers at Linnaeus University in Sweden and from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have found an important finding to answer this question: Individual differences have a positive and stabilizing effect on the number of moths.

14 Aug 2015