Seeing More Species at the Beach Increases Happiness: Yet another Biodiversity Benefit
According to recent research by a team at Swansea University, seeing a greater variety of species on urban coastlines, from marine animals to seaweed, is…
Zoology
Identifying Rare and Endangered Fish Species Sold in Hong Kong Wet Markets Using a Novel Environmental DNA Monitoring Method
Researchers from The University of Hong Kong’s Conservation Forensics Lab detailed a strong new technique for monitoring trading of rare and endangered fish species in…
Platypus and Echidna Specimens from 150 Years Ago Proved That Some Mammals Lay Eggs
Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens discovered at Cambridge’s University Museum of Zoology’s storeroom date from the late 1800s and were collected by scientist…
California Coastal Condors are at High Risk of DDT and PCB Contamination, According to Conservationists
Contaminants that were outlawed decades ago are still endangering critically endangered California condors, according to a new research. Because they eat deceased marine mammals around…
A New Study Claims that the Majority of Our Evolutionary Trees are Incorrect
According to new research undertaken by experts at the University of Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution, identifying evolutionary trees of animals by comparing anatomy rather…
A Small, Rare Crayfish Formerly Thought to be Extinct has been Rediscovered in a Cave Within the Huntsville City Limits
A team lead by an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has uncovered a small, uncommon crayfish that had been assumed to…
Lead Poisoning from Gun Ammunition is Reducing the Number of Birds of Prey Across Europe
According to the first study to evaluate these implications across Europe, poisoning induced by feeding on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition…
150 Million Years Ago, a Fish-Like Marine Reptile was Discovered Buried in its Own Blubber in Southern Germany
Modern technologies are used in a new study published in PeerJ to better understand the preservation of unusual ichthyosaur fossils. In the last, a big…
Wealth Inequality in Animals Can Provide Insights into How Their Societies Have Evolved
Inequality of wealth is a topic that is usually left for human studies. According to new research from the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior…
Climate Change is Causing the Pine Defoliating Moth to Migrate Northward 50 Years Earlier than Predicted
Climate change is forcing the pine pest Panolis flammea, sometimes known as the pine beauty moth, to shift its range northward 50 years earlier than…
Consumers Who Care About the Environment are More Likely to Purchase Chicken Raised on Insects or Algae
According to a new University of Alberta study, environmentally conscious consumers will likely come up to the notion of utilizing alternative proteins like insect meal…
Marine Ecosystems Will Be Reshuffled in Unexpected Ways because of Climate Change
According to a recent Rutgers study, warming of the oceans due to climate change may result in less profitable fish species to catch in the…
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