Ecosystems

More Stories in Ecosystems

  1. Animals

    Hammerhead sharks’ diets may affect if they roam or stay home

    Understanding hammerhead sharks’ food preferences could aid efforts to protect the critically endangered fish.

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  2. Animals

    Stinky penguin poop strikes fear into the hearts of Antarctic krill

    A chemical in Adélie penguin guano may have cued krill to take evasive maneuvers in lab tests.

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  3. Animals

    Dolphins and humans team up to catch fish in Brazil

    In Brazil, where humans and dolphins fish in tandem, cooperation both within and between species is essential for the longstanding tradition.

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  4. Climate

    Warming is chasing cloud forests steadily uphill

    Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show.

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  5. Animals

    A fungus named after Sir David Attenborough zombifies cave spiders

    The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

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  6. Ecosystems

    Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

    DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

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  7. Ecosystems

    Like flyways for birds, we need to map swimways for fish

    Mapping fish migration routes and identifying threats is crucial to protecting freshwater species and their habitats, ecologists argue.

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  8. Animals

    American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska

    Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.

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  9. Life

    Trees are failing to adapt to climate change. Losing fungi partners may be why

    Certain fungi give trees nutrients and water, but heat and drought are putting both at risk.

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