Articles on [b:a9hu9xeq]Ecology[/b:a9hu9xeq], a subdiscipline of biology that studies the interactions of living organisms with each other and with their environment
Scientists found dead tardigrades beneath Antarctica, particularly the Antarctic realm, based on their report published of recent.[1] It was a surprising discovery since tardigrades have acquired the mark as the tiny infinities. They are so resistant to extreme conditions that they are thought of as some sort of “immortals“. Nonetheless, scientists found remains of tardigrades,..
Antibiotics are the most common compounds that are found in groundwater, surface water, drinking water and wastewater. Also, traces of these antibiotics found in sewage sludge, soil and sediments that caused concern to the environment. Besides, the emergence of antimicrobial resistance becomes the major health problem worldwide. Nonetheless, therapeutic used of antimicrobials in human and..
Seagrasses are marine flowering plant that comprises more than 60 different species. It grows by rhizome extension forming like grassland. Seagrasses also photosynthesize in submerged photic zone that mostly occur in shallow coastal water. In productive ecosystem seagrasses beds are diverse that can accommodate hundreds of associated species like fishes, macroalgae, mollusks and nematodes. However,..
Blacked-legged Kittiwakes are pelagic gulls that often feed on fish and macro-zooplankton at the ocean surface. They breed in colonies ranging from few to thousands of pairs which prominently observed in their open, sea-cliff nesting habitats. Blacked-legged Kittiwakes are the most popular models for research because they can be easily monitored and captured. They also..
Medicago sativa is a perennial flowering plants that belongs to a legume family. This plant is known in forage crop, grazing, silage, green manure and cover crop. Medicago sativa develops potential for medicinal uses and thrive mostly in an arid climate. The aim of this particular research is to determine the floral traits and pollinators visitation..
Whale shark is a slow moving carpet shark and known as the largest extant fish species. It has a very huge mouth yet it feeds almost exclusively on plankton and small fishes. In marine biodiversity records whale shark showed the longest migratory path. Migratory behavior of marine species has been subject for research studies since..
Carbon emissions in Alaska relied on measurements of trees and changes in surface organic layer carbon pools after large-scale burning. In 2015 hundreds of forest fires burned across the state of Alaska resulted as second highest acreage burned in a year. Nearly 300 forest fires occur in a week, as a result over 61,000 lightning..
Butterflies are flying colored wing insects that vary in color and pattern from individual to another individual. It has wings covered with overlapping rows of scales. Most of butterflies have developed mechanisms to avoid predators making disguise coloration blending like leaf or bark of the tree. Some releases chemicals as a defense mechanism wherein butterfly..
Eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferous) is continuously declining due to habitat loss and unavailability of insects for food. Little is known about whip-poor-will migration because of their nocturnal quite habit during non-breeding season. At high latitude 80% avian species are migratory wherein factors affecting migration includes predators, anthropogenic threats and pathogens. Migratory strategies allows individual to..
Physical, chemical or biological changes in the environment that will affect its equilibrium are indeed a need of thorough investigations. For it will create a compounded effect from the lower living organisms up to a higher one. This particular article cited the conservation strategies that sustain life on tropical Asian rivers way back two decades..
Common bottlenose dolphins are the largest species of the beaked dolphins that inhabits in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. These species are large that mostly found in groups and known to mixed with other species like whales and cetaceans. Common bottlenose dolphin diet mainly squid, eel, shrimp and wide variety of fishes by swallowing a..
Waterbirds are very important indicators in the ecosystem particularly wetlands. Due to climate change and human activities such as pollution, over-hunting and habitat loss about 23% globally are declining. Some have been listed as threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for about 19% worldwide. In view of this severe condition,..
Urban environments are made from stone, concrete, bricks and glass that showcase a succession of signs, shapes and population. It is assemblage that is being categorized as safe, noisy, fun and peaceful or risky associated with law and policy. In order to build urban environments that limit negative impacts there is a need to comprehend..
Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches its prey mostly insects and arachnids through snap-trap movement. It has a trapping structure that is triggered by tiny hairs in the inner surface of the plant leaves. When insect crawling along, the plant trigger to close only if it caught a live insects worthy of consumption…
Triclosan is a broad spectrum antibacterial or antifungal agent found in some consumer products. Such as in antiseptic soaps, toothpaste, detergents, cosmetics, plastic kitchenware, carpets, socks and toys. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products raise concerns in recent years about triclosan potential threats to human health and ecosystem. The demand of triclosan globally continues to increase..
Climate change is a phenomenon nowadays that is well studied in the field of natural sciences. The aim of this article is to contribute an innovative approach and ethical sustainability to tackle possible solutions on climate change. It is also focused on how to synthesize different approaches on areas being affected. Hence, human being is..
Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are the fundamental elements of life on Earth. Global carbon varies in amount and its capacity to provide realistic ecosystem response to environmental changes. In the past century ecological changes increased and the prediction of the important role of the ocean in global carbon cycle. Where Has All the Carbon Gone? Global..
The articles a brief discussion on the adaptations that makes the Giant rat fit into its subterranean habitat..
A study of populations of tiny water fleas is helping ecologists to understand population dynamics, which may lead to predictions about the ecological consequences of environmental change..
Natural grass fires are evidently more important for the ecology of savannahs than has previously been assumed…
Ecologists are getting ready to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the world’s oldest ecological experiment…
Consider the case of the three-spine stickleback…
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Carolina correlates with cancer mortality at the county level…
A new paper just published in Global Change Biology examines the potential of a REDD mechanism to provoke ecological damage and/or promote ecological cobenefits…
Insect herbivore species often specialize on the host plants that they eat, evolving adaptations to use a plant’s unique set of resources…
Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, On the Origin of Species, debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation…
Biologists have known for long that ecology, the interaction between organisms and their environment, plays a significant role in forming new species and in modifying living ones…
The Philippine islands are well known for its rich biodiversity.But it’s rich conserve and wonderful environment are in danger disappearing…
Recent studies of anadromous salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) on the Pacific Coast of North America indicate an important and previously unrecognized role of salmonid nutrients to terrestrial biota…
Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered data that suggests one of Hawaii’s most dominant plants, Metrosideros, has been a resident of the islands far longer than previously believed…
Movement ecology is a developing academic pursuit, combining expertise in a variety of fields, including biology, ecology, botany, environmental science, physics, mathematics, virology and others…
While Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, has generated greater awareness of global warming, most people remain unaware of the more rapid warming that has occurred within major cities…
Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises…
More plant species grow in German towns and cities than in the countryside, but those in towns and cities are more closely related and are often functionally similar…
African cities are growing faster than anywhere else in the world…
Icebergs have long gripped the popular imagination, whether as relatively run-of-the-mill floating hazards that cause "unsinkable’ ships to founder or, more recently, as enormous breakaway pieces of ice the size of states or small countries…
It just takes a few repeat urinations by goats on the same spot of land to kill most of the vegetation and seriously pollute groundwater…
As Rebecca Brown kayaked down the Nolichucky River in North Carolina one summer, she followed a path similar to many of her own study subjects. Seeds and other propagules often float downstream before settling along riverbanks…
Ecologists at the Savannah River Site are finding high levels of heavy metals in animals exposed to coal fly ash left over from burning coal at the federal reservation..
Nitrogen oxides (known as NOx) emitted by fossil fuel combustion play a crucial role in producing ground level ozone..