After relocating to islets with no predators, Aegean wall lizards changed the chemical signals they use to communicate with each other, researchers say.
Talia Ogliore-WUSTL •
futurity
April 22, 2020
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~6 min
In a kind of "fatal attraction," small predators drawn to kill sites for leftover scraps may get killed themselves when big predators return for seconds.
Michelle Ma-Washington •
futurity
March 18, 2020
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~6 min
Is your outdoor cat a wildlife-killer? "We found that house cats have a two- to 10-time larger impact on wildlife than wild predators—a striking effect."
Mick Kulikowski-NC State •
futurity
March 12, 2020
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~4 min
After frogs in protected area of Panama died off en masse, the snakes that ate them began to disappear, too. It shows the extent of our "biodiversity crisis."
Layne Cameron-Michigan State •
futurity
Feb. 14, 2020
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~6 min
Sea urchins boomed after a mysterious disease decimated sea stars off the California coast. Researchers say it shows how redundancy can protect ecosystems.
Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara •
futurity
Feb. 13, 2020
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~9 min