What causes Erect-crested Penguins to Reject their First Egg and Lay a Second?
Penguins have a wide range of habitats. They can be found in temperate climates such as Australia, New Zealand, South America, and southern Africa, as…
Plants and Animals
Giant Blue Whales Dance with the Wind to Find Food, as Revealed by Sound
Researchers have discovered how blue whales find dense aggregations of food by tracking them using their booming vocalizations. A study published today in Ecology Letters…
Why the Endangered Species Act Fails is Examined in a Study
The Endangered Species Act (ESA), enacted in 1973, was intended to recover species to the point where they are no longer considered endangered and thus…
Asian Elephants favor Habitats near Protected Areas’ Boundaries
The Asian elephant is the largest land mammal on the Asian continent. They live in dry to wet forest and grassland habitats across 13 range…
Consider this – Mountain Gorillas’ Personalized Health Care
Chewing plants is assisting veterinarians in providing personalized health care to wild, endangered mountain gorillas in East Africa. A mountain gorilla walks through the forest…
Chemical Camouflage can Protect Endangered Birds from Predators
Researchers may have discovered a method to protect vulnerable and endangered ground-nesting birds. Red foxes were much more easily deterred from eating bird eggs than…
Microbial Enzymes are Essential for Leaf Beetle Pectin Digestion
In a new study, a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, demonstrates how leaf beetles evolved to successfully…
Scientists Ate a 50,000-Year-Old Bison in a Stew in 1984
A bison with two lifetimes was called Blue Babe. The first happened 50,000 years ago, when a lion killed a steppe bison (Bison priscus) that…
Panda Award Winners Announced by The “Green Oscars”
My Garden of a Thousand Bees won the Plimsoll Golden Panda Award, the ultimate honor, according to Wildscreen’s announcement of the 2022 Panda Award winners.…
The Most Common Pesticide in the World Reduces the Color Vision of Bumblebees
So far in 2022, Bumblebees have had a mixed year. Despite the US Supreme Court’s decision to deem them to be fish, it has been…
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