Animals

Mar 21, 2019 10:22 AM EDT

Getting help with the kids slows down aging in female birds

Seychelles warblers live and breed in family groups on the tiny island of Cousin. In each group, a dominant female and male reproduce.

Mar 21, 2019 10:19 AM EDT

Ancient birds out of the egg running

Feathers revealed in a 125 million-year-old fossil of a bird hatchling shows it came out of the egg running

Mar 21, 2019 09:13 AM EDT

Tagged by scientists, bluefin tuna passing submerged listening lines help reveal species' survival

Technology creates an 'EasyPass' tollbooth for giant bluefin tuna; sheds light on natural mortality, migration of world's most lucrative fish

Mar 20, 2019 02:53 PM EDT

Local extinction of Southern California mountain lions possible within 50 years

Conservation strategies focused on connectivity and coexistence could help

Land in the USDA Conservation Reserve Program (IMAGE)

Mar 20, 2019 08:54 AM EDT

Honey bee colonies more successful by foraging on non-crop fields

Honey bee colonies foraging on land with a strong cover of clover species and alfalfa do more than three times as well than if they are put next to crop fields of sunflowers or canola, according to a study just published in Scientific Reports by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues.

Mar 20, 2019 08:51 AM EDT

The recent spread of coyotes across North America did not doom deer populations

Coyotes eat deer, but not enough to limit the deer population at a large scale. A new study of deer numbers across the eastern United States has found that the arrival and establishment of coyote predators has not caused the number of deer harvested by hunters to decline.

Wildlife Tourism May Negatively Affect African Elephants' Behaviour (IMAGE)

Mar 20, 2019 08:30 AM EDT

Wildlife tourism may negatively affect African elephants' behavior

Increasing numbers of tourists are interested in observing wildlife such as African elephants, and income generated from tourism potentially aids in the protection of animals and their habitats. However, a new Journal of Zoology study reveals that wildlife tourism may be a stressor for free-ranging elephants.

Mar 20, 2019 08:27 AM EDT

Beware of sleeping queens underfoot this spring

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have discovered a never before reported behaviour of queen bumblebees.

Mar 19, 2019 09:40 AM EDT

Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens

Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats from farms to keep out pathogen-carrying wildlife and livestock. Yet, this could come at the cost of biodiversity.

Mar 19, 2019 09:28 AM EDT

Alligator study reveals insight into dinosaur hearing

UMD biologist finds alligators build neural maps of sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their common ancestor, the dinosaurs

Mar 18, 2019 10:23 AM EDT

Review of noise impacts on marine mammals yields new policy recommendations

After a comprehensive review of current knowledge, a panel of scientists has published new recommendations regarding marine mammal noise exposure

Simon Robson, University of Sydney (IMAGE)

Mar 18, 2019 10:17 AM EDT

World's biggest bee found

Wallace's giant bee has been rediscovered in Indonesia

Mar 18, 2019 10:15 AM EDT

Deaf moth evolves sound-production as a warning to outwit its predator

A genus of deaf moth has evolved to develop an extraordinary sound-producing structure in its wings to evade its primary predator the bat. The finding, made by researchers from the University of Bristol and Natural History Museum, is described in Scientific Reports today [Tuesday 5 February].

Mar 18, 2019 10:07 AM EDT

Climate change negatively affects waterbirds in the American West

New research shows that recent climate change is having profound effects on wetlands across the American West - affecting birds that use these wetlands for breeding, migration and wintering.

'Sir Freddie,' One of the Original Semen Donors, in 1969 (IMAGE)

Mar 18, 2019 09:32 AM EDT

Ram sperm frozen for 50 years successfully used to impregnate 34 ewes

Semen stored since 1968 in a laboratory in Sydney has been defrosted and successfully used to impregnate 34 Merino ewes, with the resulting live birth rate as high sperm frozen for just 12 months.