Zoology

Lead Poisoning from Gun Ammunition is Reducing the Number of Birds of Prey Across Europe

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

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

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 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

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

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…
According to a New Study, Anglo-Saxon Kings Were Mostly Vegetarian, But Peasants Treated Them to Massive Barbeques

According to a New Study, Anglo-Saxon Kings Were Mostly Vegetarian, But Peasants Treated Them to Massive Barbeques

According to a major new bioarchaeological study, very few individuals in England ate huge amounts of meat before the Vikings arrived, and there is no…
Baisesaurus Robustus is a Three-Meter-Long Mesozoic Marine Reptile Described by Researchers

Baisesaurus Robustus is a Three-Meter-Long Mesozoic Marine Reptile Described by Researchers

Ichthyosaurs are a successful group of Mesozoic marine reptiles with a global distribution, but their evolutionary origin is still unknown. Many new marine reptiles related…
According to Research, Human-Driven Changes to Distinctive Foraging Patterns in the North Pacific Ocean

According to Research, Human-Driven Changes to Distinctive Foraging Patterns in the North Pacific Ocean

The first large-scale study of its sort has found nearly 4,000 years of unique foraging behavior in a species that was once on the verge…
A New Study Finds that Large Bodies Helped Extinct Marine Reptiles with Long Neck Swim

A New Study Finds that Large Bodies Helped Extinct Marine Reptiles with Long Neck Swim

Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that body size is more important than body shape in determining the energy economy of swimming for…
Climate Change is Causing Birds to Lay Their Eggs a Month Earlier

Climate Change is Causing Birds to Lay Their Eggs a Month Earlier

Spring has arrived; Birds have begun to sing and build their nests. Like clockwork, it happens every year. However, according to a new study published…
Management Challenges Arise from the Delicate Balance of Coral Reef Processes

Management Challenges Arise from the Delicate Balance of Coral Reef Processes

Coral reefs are massive underwater constructions made up of the bones of colonial marine invertebrates. Because they extract calcium carbonate from saltwater to construct a…
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