Campylobacter is a common cause of food poisoning and is on the rise in Michigan and around the world. It […]
Tag: Ecology
Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing
There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian […]
Even with protections, wolves still fear humans
This quickly became an issue, at least for some people. Mieczysław Kacprzak, an MP from Poland’s PSL Party, currently in […]
New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life”
Skip to content Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity. Craig McClain photographing […]
Even the worst mass extinction had its oases
Some earlier plants might not have made it through the extinction since rock layers from the onset of the End-Permian […]
How whale urine benefits the ocean ecosystem
A “great whale conveyor belt” Credit: A. Boersma Migrating whales typically gorge in summers at higher latitudes to build up […]
An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
“One of the more similar environments to the ISS was in the isolation dorms on the UCSD campus during the […]
Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth
Nitrospirota is an archaeal phylum that’s particularly common in the terrestrial subsurface. Some species of nitrospirota are capable of oxidizing […]
These squirrels are cold-blooded vole killers
They seem so sweet and innocent but these squirrels are also opportunistic killers. We think of squirrels as adorably harmless […]