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New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use.This post was originally published on this site

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife. It affects seasonal migration, reproduction times, body size and mass, and disrupts ecological processes, thereby posing challenges for the populations of some species. An international […]

The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), or Bd for short, is considered one of the causes of the worldwide decline in amphibian populations. In recent years, researchers have identified different genetic strains of the fungus that […]

On a frigid April day, Brock University Professor of Biological Sciences Glenn Tattersall, then-Ph.D. student Danilo Giacometti and wildlife researcher Patrick Moldowan ventured out into Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park hoping to take in a rare […]

For years, researchers have tagged sharks in the world’s oceans to learn where they go, how they migrate and where they feed. While these tags have given us a wealth of data about their lives, […]

Freshwater browning is stunting fish growth of some species, shrinking populations of others and changing the composition of fish communities, McGill-led research suggests. “Browning” refers to freshwater bodies turning tea-colored, a phenomenon driven by higher […]

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic “Far Side” comic titled “Cow Tools.” In it, a cow stands proudly beside a jumble of bizarre, useless objects that are “tools” in name only. The joke […]

Around the world, wildlife and environmental crime is surging. It is estimated to be the fourth largest organized transnational crime sector, and to be growing at a rate two to three times faster than the […]

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work of scientists. How do we make them even better?This post was originally published on this site

Almost two-thirds of Australia is privately owned. But most of our scientific understanding of how threatened species are faring comes from research done on public lands. Traditional biodiversity surveys by professional scientists are time and […]