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Warming waters lead to increased habitat suitability for juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas)
Abstract Coastal ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and other stressors, including urbanization and overfishing. Consequently, distributions of coastal fish have begun to change, particularly in response to increasing temperatures linked to climate change. However, few studies have evaluated how natural and anthropogenic disturbances can alter species distributions in conjunction with…
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Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
Abstract Diminishing natural resources and increasing climatic volatility are impacting agri-food systems, prompting the need for sustainable and resilient alternatives. Python farming is well established in Asia but has received little attention from mainstream agricultural scientists. We measured growth rates in two species of large pythons (Malayopython reticulatus and Python bivittatus) in farms in Thailand…
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Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity in a new episode of The Nature of Things
13 days ago Documentaries Duration 1:10 ‘Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary’ debunks dangerous pseudo-scientific myths and introduces cutting-edge research to reveal that in a very real and measurable sense, we are all gender fluid. Coming to CBC and CBC Gem on March 28, 2024.
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Corvallis Science & Nature: The Environmental Cost of Outdoor Cats
The signs of spring keep coming. This weekend in Corvallis, we’re looking at temperatures approaching 70. Linn County birders saw our first least sandpipers and barn swallows of the year, two more early-spring migrants arriving right on time. And of course, this past week we sprung forward an hour with the start of daylight saving…
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Loathed by scientists, loved by nature: sulfur and the origin of life
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications Today Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, seen here from an aerial photo, provides a modern-day glimpse into the types of environments where sulfites may have accumulated and possibly played a role in kick-starting the earliest life on Earth. Many artists have tried to depict what Earth might have…
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Ten Wild Facts About Octopuses: They Have Three Hearts, Big Brains and Blue Blood
Rachel Nuwer; Updated by Sonja Anderson Octopuses, those whip-smart, bizarre cephalopods, embody everything creepy and mysterious about the sea. Their soft, squishy bodies, lurking in the oceans’ dark reaches, have inspired monsters from the sailor-eating Kraken of Nordic legend to the Caribbean sea demon Lusca. The creatures’ otherworldly forms and unfurling tentacles have inspired modern…
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Nature Is Behaving Strangely and Scientists Don’t Know Why
In Danish meadows and pastures, despite expectations that competition would favor plants dispersing heavy seeds and having thin leaves, the opposite is observed, baffling researchers. A new extensive data analysis contradicts established theories, showing fewer weeds and plants with heavy seeds or thin leaves, highlighting the complexity and unpredictability of natural ecosystems. Ecological theory and…
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Citizen Science for biodiversity
A big thank you to all Citizen Scientists! Citizen science is the driving force behind conservation work in Scotland, and it’s integral to the work that NatureScot does. Without the immense hard work of Scotland’s dedicated citizen scientists, we would not have such a rich understanding of the changes in our land and sea. So, we want…
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Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why
Download the Nature Podcast 13 March 2024 In this episode: 00:45 Making a map of the human heart The human heart consists of multiple, specialized structures that all work together to enable the organ to beat for a lifetime. But exactly which cells are present in each part of the heart has been difficult to…
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Biden seeks to boost science funding — but his budget faces an ominous future
US President Joe Biden visits the National Institutes of Health, which under his proposed budget would receive roughly the same amount of funding in the 2025 fiscal year as in the 2023 fiscal year.Credit: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty US President Joe Biden today proposed modest increases in federal spending on science and innovation for the…