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Light Pollution can Alter Foraging Behavior, Migration Patterns of Animals

Light pollution is increasingly being recognized as yet another of humanity's many impacts on the rest of the natural world.

2 Jul 2020

Local and Landscape Level is Key to Promote the Habitat of Wild Bees

Sowing strips of wildflowers along conventional cereal fields and the increased density of flowers in organic farming encourage bumblebees as well as solitary wild bees and hoverflies.

1 Jul 2020

Study Calls for Economic and Disaster-Mitigating Measures to Conserve Coral Reefs

Prediction of storm surges and peak wave heights using advanced high-resolution modeling reveals the important role of offshore reefs in protecting coastal zones.

1 Jul 2020

Study Explores the Ecological Effects of Fire on Forests

One of Jonathan Coop's first vivid memories as a child was watching the flames of the 1977 La Mesa Fire in north-central New Mexico.

1 Jul 2020

Ecologists Attend 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America

Environmental scientists, educators and policy makers will be gathering online August 3-6, 2020, for the 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

30 Jun 2020

Study Calls for Viable Agricultural Approach to Build Sustainable Environment

According to a report, both international and local donors are increasingly investing in industrial agricultural projects to the disadvantage of interventional measures that convert food systems and safeguard the environment at the same time.

29 Jun 2020

Offshore Wind Farm in Maryland can Become a Stop-Over for Migrating Fish

For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially and recreationally important striped bass, the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf serves as an important spring and fall "flyway."

29 Jun 2020

Wolf Spiders Respond to Changing Climatic Conditions

Climate change leads to longer growing seasons in the Arctic. A new study, which has just been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, show that predators like wolf spiders respond to the changing conditions and have been able to produce two clutches of offspring during the short Arctic summer.

26 Jun 2020

Discovery of “Halo Effect” may Prove Useful in Ecological Restoration

Eelgrass, a species of seagrass named for its long slippery texture, is one of nature's superheroes. It offers shade and camouflage for young fish, helps anchor shorelines, and provides food and habitat for many marine species.

26 Jun 2020

Hydrologic and Vegetative Measures can Create Bird Habitat

In a new study led by scientists at Point Blue Conservation Science and in collaboration with The Institute for Bird Populations, authors evaluated the successes of mountain meadow restorations by analyzing eight years of bird data collected by field biologists.

26 Jun 2020