Tag: Ecology
Billions of cicadas may be coming soon to trees near you
John Cooley, University of Connecticut and Chris Simon, University of Connecticut
A big event in the insect world is...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversity
Caroline S. Chaboo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
Biologists have long known that rainforest treetops...
Conservation Ecology National parks California Land management Archives Wildfires
Emily Lin, University of California, Merced
Editor’s note: As wildfires came dangerously close to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in September 2020, the curator...
Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world...
Alex McInturff, University of California Santa Barbara; Christine Wilkinson, University of California, Berkeley, and Wenjing Xu, University of California, Berkeley
What is the most common...
A skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate Appalachia’s salamanders – but...
Debra Miller, University of Tennessee and Matt Gray, University of Tennessee
The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global biodiversity hot spot for salamanders. Dr. Deb...
Restoring seagrasses can bring coastal bays back to life
Robert J. Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Jonathan Lefcheck, Smithsonian Institution, and Karen McGlathery, University of Virginia
A century ago Virginia’s coastal lagoons were...
Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America
Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College
In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in the conservation science community and...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
