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Social Life as a Driving Factor of Birds' Generosity

Oct. 22, 2020 — Taking a look at generosity within the crow family reveals parallels with human evolution. Working together to raise offspring and increased tolerance towards group members contribute to the ...

Management of Exploited Transboundary Fish Stocks Requires International Cooperation

Oct. 21, 2020 — Marine fish species are migratory in nature and not respectful of human-made territorial boundaries, which represents a challenge for fisheries ...

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 ...

Management of a Popular Game Fish, the Smallmouth Bass

Oct. 19, 2020 — For recreational fishing enthusiasts, the thrill of snagging their next catch comes with discovering what's hooked on the end of the line. In many freshwater streams and rivers -- across the central ...

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Cheaters Don't Always Win: Species That Work Together Do Better

Oct. 19, 2020 — The sign of a healthy personal relationship is one that is equally mutual - where you get out just as much as you put in. Nature has its own version of a healthy relationship. A team of researchers ...

Sea Star's Ability to Clone Itself May Empower This Mystery Globetrotter

Oct. 13, 2020 — The identity of wild cloning sea star larvae has been a mystery since they were first documented in the Caribbean. The most commonly collected cloning species was thought to belong to the ...

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 ...

New Species of Aquatic Mice Discovered, Cousins of One of the World's Rarest Mammals

Oct. 8, 2020 — Scientists have discovered two new species of 'stilt mice,' semi-aquatic African rodents with extra-long feet that they stand up on like a kangaroo. ...

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 ...

Zoologists Uncover New Example of Rapid Evolution -- Meet the Sulawesi Babblers

Oct. 8, 2020 — Zoologists have discovered that male and female Sulawesi Babblers (Pellorneum celebense, a species of bird) have evolved to attain different sizes on ...

Double Jeopardy for Ecologically Rare Birds and Terrestrial Mammals

Oct. 8, 2020 — Common assumptions notwithstanding, rare species can play unique and essential ecological roles. After studying two, scientists have demonstrated that, though these species are found on all ...

Long-Term Consequences Difficult to Predict

Oct. 7, 2020 — A research team has investigated the consequences of changes in plant biodiversity for the functioning of ecosystems. The scientists found that the relationships between plant traits and ecosystem ...

Molecular Mechanism of Cross-Species Transmission of Primate Lentiviruses

Oct. 7, 2020 — A research group showed that gorilla APOBEC3G potentially plays a role in inhibiting SIVcpz replication. Intriguingly, the research group demonstrated that an amino acid substitution in SIVcpz Vif, ...

Paleontologists Identify New Species of Mosasaur

Oct. 7, 2020 — A new species of an ancient marine reptile evolved to strike terror into the hearts of the normally safe, fast-swimming fish has been identified, shedding light on what it took to survive in highly ...