Dog sledding is a well-liked exercise for vacationers on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago Stuart Thomson/Alamy Dogs…
Tag: ecology
Cougars are changing the way they hunt so bears don’t steal their food
A cougar or mountain lion (Puma concolor) on the prowl within the winter snow Shutterstock/Jim…
Arctic foxes help create habitats as ‘gardeners’ of the tundra
Arctic foxes seem to contribute to the greening of the world round their dens Shutterstock/Charles…
Wild bees are rapidly shrinking due to global warming
A Xylocopa cantabrita male weighing 194 milligrams. Individuals may weigh as a lot as double…
US desert grassland collapse is linked to changes in the Pacific Ocean
The Glass mountains within the northern tip of the Chihuahuan desert Luc Novovitch/Alamy For a…
Geoengineering the seas could be catastrophic for marine life
Many sorts of zooplankton feed on particles of natural matter referred to as marine snow…
Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals
Rubbish pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts a neighborhood of animals that usually…
Ecologists are infecting trees with fungi to make them age prematurely
An historical oak tree with coronary heart rot Richard Wright I’m in a forest 35…
Reef fish are more placid around islands infested with invasive rats
Around rat-infested tropical islands within the Indian Ocean, jewel damselfish change their behaviour as a…
Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems
Logged forests in Borneo have extra plentiful birds and mammals than pristine forests, exhibiting that…