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Ecology
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A protected population of resident orcas around Vancouver Island and Puget Sound is the planet’s most PCB-contaminated mammals, says one researcher.
IMAGE CREDIT: Brian Gisborne/DFO Canada
- Goldenrods temporarily duck their heads during pest season
- Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.
- A widely used agricultural weed killer teams up with fertilizer to render frogs especially vulnerable to debilitating parasites.
- Species vulnerable to enslavement may evolve ways to fight their captors.
- The number of coastal areas known as dead zones is on the rise. A new tally reports more than 400 of the oxygen starved regions worldwide.
- A new study provides strong evidence that fruits harm predators with the same chemicals that, for example, give chili peppers their spice.
- A species of ants not well understood surprises researchers with a nomadic lifestyle, roaming the rainforest on fungal forays.
- The discovery of Tahitian vanilla’s heritage could set off a custody battle between nations.
- Tasmanian devils have started mating much earlier in response to an epidemic, called facial tumor disease, that is wiping out much of their population.
- First big species audit finds coral extinction risks severely under-reported
- Mites that were thought to be parasites to their host wasps turn out to be bodyguards, attacking intruders.
- With a lifespan of just five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other land-dwelling vertebrate.
- The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission defers voting on deadlocked issues
- Nonnative earthworms are deliberately burying ragweed seeds, enhancing the weed’s growth, researchers report.
- Scientists take a new look at what drives female damselflies to look like males.
- The Arctic tundra is under assault from trees, with serious implications for global climate change.
- A new study shows that playful 2-year-old chimpanzees may be particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases — some caught from humans.
- The orchid that gives us vanilla beans has startlingly low genetic diversity, suggesting crops might be susceptible to pathogens, researchers report.
- Leaves mostly keep their cool (or warmth) wherever they live, a finding that might affect reconstructions of past climates.
- Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.
- Wasp attack creates undead caterpillars that protect wasp young
- The sea level rise expected in the coming century will swamp the Everglades unless current management is adjusted or climate change is curbed.
- Orchids lure male pollinators by mimicking the scent of out-of-town female bees.
- Polar bear declared "threatened," but Secretary limits decision's impact.
- Monster data crunch strengthens case that climate is disrupted.
- Missing links in ecosystems disrupted by extinctions could be restored by introducing species that perform the same function, new field experiments suggest.
- Birds eating arachnids get high dose of toxic metal as mercury climbs up the food chain.
- Ravaged Canadian region switches from carbon sink to net carbon source.
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