A study published in the journal Ecological Monographs indicates that large mammals, such as tapirs, peccaries, collared peccaries, and deer, alter the chemical composition of the leaf litter and soil ...

SIPA’s Sara Tjossem – along with MPA-ESP 2024 alumni Anna Veldman, Saiarchana Darira, Christina Van Dyke, and Radhika Ajayan – are among the coauthors of a new paper, “Applying machine learning to ...

Land hermit crabs were caught on camera snacking on the fruits of a parasitic plant. Since the fruits attach to the animals’ bodies and some seeds even survive passage through the digestive tract, the ...

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The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity ...

Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and even lizards, also serve as pollinators. Although less familiar as ...

De-extinction (bringing extinct species back from the dead) has been riding a wave of enthusiasm, fueled by Steward Brand’s TED talk and several prominent books and articles. But for a project that ...

Critics of the Endangered Species Act have sought to brand it as unsuccessful saying that only one percent of species listed have fully recovered and been delisted since it was first enacted. In ...

Large language models (LLMs) are gradually transforming research in the life sciences in ways that extend far beyond improving productivity, and becoming a new normal before scientists have agreed ...