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What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
Oct 21, 2020 | 13:51 pmWhen temperatures go below a critical limit, sleeping lizards lose their grip and fall out of trees. But when researchers collected the scaled survivors of a record cold snap, they discovered that a Miami lizard community responded in an unexpected[…]
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Lily the barn owl reveals how birds fly in gusty winds
Oct 21, 2020 | 13:51 pmScientists have discovered how birds are able to fly in gusty conditions - findings that could inform the development of bio-inspired small-scale aircraft.
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Childlessness by circumstance
Oct 20, 2020 | 16:13 pmIn birds and other species alike, pairs can face considerable difficulties with reproduction. Scientists have now shown in an extensive analysis of 23,000 zebra finch eggs that infertility is mainly due to males, while high embryo mortality is more a[…]
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Declines in shellfish species on rocky seashores match climate-driven changes
Oct 20, 2020 | 13:17 pmMussels, barnacles, and snails are declining in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new article by biologists. Their 20-year dataset reveals that the populations' steady dwindling matches up with the effects of climate change on the region.
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Management of a popular game fish, the smallmouth bass
Oct 19, 2020 | 20:59 pmFor recreational fishing enthusiasts, the thrill of snagging their next catch comes with discovering what's hooked on the end of the line. In many freshwater streams and rivers -- across the central and eastern parts of the U.S. -- anglers[…]
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Light pollution alters predator-prey interactions between cougars and mule deer in western US
Oct 19, 2020 | 16:21 pmA new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing environmental disturbance.
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Losing flight had huge benefits for ants
Oct 19, 2020 | 13:29 pmResearchers have taken detailed scans of worker ants to examine the hypothesis that the loss of flight is directly connected to the evolution of strength.
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Mystery over decline in sea turtle sightings
Oct 19, 2020 | 13:29 pmThe number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined in recent years, researchers say.
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Tapping secrets of Aussie spider's unique silk
Oct 19, 2020 | 13:28 pmThe basket-web spider, which is found only in Australia, has revealed it not only weaves a unique lobster pot web but that its silk has elasticity and a gluing substance, that creates a high degree of robustness.
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World's greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness
Oct 16, 2020 | 16:49 pmMammals and birds today are warm-blooded, and this is often taken as the reason for their great success.
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