New research on bird trait diversity also identifies the trait-sets most associated with sensitivity to warming climate conditions.
Tigers in Nepal were two to three times more likely to cross highways when COVID-19 lockdowns led to dramatic reductions in traffic.
Researchers have created a new drone that can land on high-up tree branches and collect DNA to help track biodiversity.
The immune system of black swans leaves them particularly vulnerable to avian flu. When exposed, the virus could kill them within three days.
Too much rain and more days of extreme heat may take a toll on the breeding success of songbirds, a new study finds.
It would take three million years to recover the number of species on Madagascar that have gone extinct because of human activity.
A new map of ocean "dead zones" from the Pliocene epoch may offer a glimpse into the future of Earth's warming oceans.
New wearable sensors for dolphins could reveal the cost of human disturbances in marine habitats, say researchers.
Traveling with friends can help migrating animals get where they're going, even when they go astray, researchers say.
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