Inside a snailfish. Newcastle University / Natural History Museum, London, Author provided Thomas Linley, Newcastle University and Alan Jamieson, Newcastle University From an unmanned submersible, protected by a casing of stainless steel almost...
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Approximately 61 percent of the world’s 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences. These findings are according to a paper in the journal BioScience synthesizing the global...
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Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University It’s no secret that bee populations are in decline across the UK and Europe. There has also been a fantastic increase in public awareness over the past few...
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Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham; Ben Gearey, University College Cork; Jane Bunting, University of Hull; Kimberley Davies, Plymouth University, and Nicola Whitehouse, Plymouth University Peat bogs, which cover 3% of the world’s land...
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A new study demonstrates that the recent mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was not restricted to shallow depths, but also affected deep reefs. Although deep reefs are often considered a...
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A new method of monitoring bird populations uses the power of statistics to produce more accurate estimates of bird abundance, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. Current tools and technology...
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Ben Garrod, Anglia Ruskin University It’s one of the greatest stories in science, right up there with Neil Armstrong’s small step on the moon and Jane Goodall’s overhaul of ideas on non-human relationships....
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Ken Collins, University of Southampton The climate is changing – and so are our seas. Warming sea temperatures have resulted in British cod moving north, benefiting Iceland. The English Channel has warmed during...
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Holly Betts, University of Bristol Science may have enabled us to travel in space and trace the history of the entire universe, but it has not yet been able to answer exactly how...
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A new study shows that, in addition to species richness, plant evolutionary history plays a critical role in regulating year-to-year variation of biomass production in grasslands. In the face of climate change, understanding...
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