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Climate Change Drives Plants to Extinction in the Black Forest in Germany

Oct. 28, 2020 — Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have gone extinct over the last 40 years. The ...

Wildlife Flock to Backyards for Food from People

Oct. 26, 2020 — A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ...

Endangered Vaquita Remain Genetically Healthy Even in Low Numbers

Oct. 23, 2020 — The critically endangered vaquita has survived in low numbers in its native Gulf of California for hundreds of thousands of years, a new genetic analysis has found. The study found little sign of ...

Protected Areas Help Waterbirds Adapt to Climate Change

Oct. 21, 2020 — Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward. However, the expansion of species ranges is not self-evident due to e.g. habitat degradation and unsustainable harvesting caused by human ...

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Coral Researchers Find Link Between Bacterial Genus and Disease Susceptibility

Oct. 28, 2020 — Corals that appear healthy are more prone to getting sick when they're home to too many parasitic bacteria, new research ...

Surprised Researchers: Number of Leopards in Northern China on the Rise

Oct. 26, 2020 — Most of the world's leopards are endangered and generally, the number of these shy and stunning cats is decreasing. However, according to a recent study, leopard populations in northern China are on ...

Elkhorn Coral Actively Fighting Off Diseases on Reef

Oct. 23, 2020 — As the world enters a next wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware now more than ever of the importance of a healthy immune system to protect ourselves from disease. This is not only true ...

Early-Arriving Endangered Chinook Salmon Take the Brunt of Sea Lion Predation

Oct. 19, 2020 — A new study found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia ...

Mystery Over Decline in Sea Turtle Sightings

Oct. 19, 2020 — The number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined in recent years, researchers ...

Ivory Coast Without Ivory? Elephant Populations Are Declining Rapidly in Côte d'Ivoire

Oct. 14, 2020 — Recent years have witnessed a widespread and catastrophic decline in the number of forest elephants in protected areas in Côte d'Ivoire, according ...

On the Trail of Novel Infectious Agents in Wildlife

Oct. 13, 2020 — A research team investigated the causes of severe respiratory disease in peccaries and taxonomically characterized a novel Streptococcus species (Streptococcus catagoni sp. nov.) based on its ...

Crayfish 'Trapping' Fails to Control Invasive Species

Oct. 13, 2020 — Despite being championed by a host of celebrity chefs, crayfish 'trapping' is not helping to control invasive American signal crayfish, according to new ...

Study Finds Fungal Disease of Snakes in 19 States, Puerto Rico

Oct. 8, 2020 — Researchers surveyed for an infection caused by an emerging fungal pathogen that afflicts snakes. The research effort found infected snakes in 19 states and Puerto Rico, demonstrating that the fungus ...

Extinctions Linked to New Assemblages of Species

Oct. 8, 2020 — As the world undergoes profound environmental change, identifying and protecting 'novel' communities of species can help prevent extinctions within vulnerable ecosystems. Scientists outline a world ...