ecology

Native to East Asia, Jorōs are one among many so-called golden orb weavers, named after the shiny silk they use to spin webs (which generally is a whopping 10 toes vast, by the best way). The spider was first noticed within the US by…

This story initially appeared in Undark and is a part of the Local weather Desk collaboration.When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8 years outdated, his father determined it was about time he began studying to hunt beluga whales. Schaeffer was…

For the present examine, Tombak, then a PhD candidate at Princeton, and her workforce needed to check stripe width to see if narrower ones could be much more repulsive to flies—a possible evolutionary benefit that may clarify the…

This story initially appeared in Hakai Journal and is a part of the Local weather Desk collaboration.Pushed by local weather change, nearly each a part of the ocean is heating up. However off the west coast of the Galapagos Islands,…

Quick-growing, drought-tolerant timber are slowly spreading throughout grasslands on each continent besides Antarctica. Given how determined we're to cut back carbon within the ambiance, hundreds of thousands of recent saplings sprouting…

The petition comprises the primary estimate of whole acreage of piñon-juniper habitat presently handled by the Bureau of Land Administration and the US Forest Service in states with pinyon jay populations. The estimate “suggests in depth…

As we speak, Ethiopian farmers are feeling the stress to develop trendy monoculture crops, thanks partly to a nationwide push to grow to be an agricultural powerhouse. “In the event you export grains, you need them to be uniform,” says…

Off the coast of Southern California, amid a literal sea of troubles—warming waters, microplastic air pollution, overfishing—is a 96-square-mile conservation success story. Santa Cruz Island as soon as teemed with feral pigs and invasive…

This story initially appeared on The Guardian and is a part of the Local weather Desk collaboration.In a single nook, there's the agile climber with steak-knife-like horns. Within the different is America’s largest wild sheep. They're…

Basically, it’s stunning how little ecologists find out about why giant animals select their migration paths. The motivations for transferring are apparent, and embody issues like meals, water, and a secure place to boost younger.…