Freshwater, Invasive Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over downstream competitors...
Plants may have the genetic flexibility to respond to climate change according to a new published in the journal Science...
Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs...
Marine An international team of scientists has achieved a major breakthrough in fishing sustainability of coral reefs which could play a vital role in preventing their collapse...
Despite very low to non-detectable concentrations of oil constituents in the water and in fish tissues, biological effects in fish indicate dramatic responses that are indicative of exposures to the toxic components of oil...
Policy When a species recovers enough to be removed from the federal endangered species list, the public trust doctrine – the principle that government must conserve natural resources for the public good – should guide state management of wildlife, scientists say...
Agriculture, Biodiversity Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species...
Mammals, Protected Areas, Recreation A new study on human impact to wildlife in some of Canada’s most popular national parks has identified limits at which trails can be used before ecological disturbance takes place...
Technology-GIS A scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is exploring how rangeland ecologists could use high-resolution digital panoramas to track landscape changes...
A new model for guiding the allocation of conservation funding could save more species from extinction under climate change...
