How climate change created the modern dog
Appearing in Nature Communications, a new study of dog fossils suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators…
Species turnover: this isn’t the biodiversity you’re looking for
Re-examining biodiversity data from one hundred long-term ecosystem monitoring studies done around the world, a new paper has revealed that…
Fences causing “ecological meltdown,” claims new study
A general belief by conservationists that fences can help prevent the spread of diseases, protect wildlife from poachers, and help…
Soundscape ecologists recreate lost world
Rising before daylight and perched on a bench at his Sauk County shack in Depression-era Wisconsin, pioneering wildlife ecologist Aldo…
Mystery microbe forces rethink of ocean ecology
A newly discovered microorganism that lives in the open ocean is able to “fix” nitrogen but does not rely on…