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Nature Today | More diving activity, fewer reef sharks on Caribbean reefs
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (483+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal The study is based on 995 underwater video recordings made between 2012 and 2017, using so-called Baited Remote Underwater Video systems (BRUVs). The research covered seven reef systems across the Caribbean. Cameras were deployed around…...
Nature Today | The Aruban praying mantis is new to science
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (448+ words) The Aruban praying mantis is new to science'Nature Today The Aruban praying mantis is new to science Since 2009, the European mantis has been present in Limburg. This species migrated into the Netherlands due to the warming climate and now appears…...
Nature Today | Scientists create the first "Global Butterfly Index" to spur conservation efforts
1+ week, 3+ day ago (110+ words) Sommige gegevens die door deze provider worden verzameld, zijn bedoeld voor personalisatie en het meten van de effectiviteit van advertenties. Wij gebruiken geen cookies van dit type Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal That is the message from…...
Nature Today | DNA as a detective: how metabarcoding reveals hidden biodiversity
1+ week, 4+ day ago (465+ words) Sommige gegevens die door deze provider worden verzameld, zijn bedoeld voor personalisatie en het meten van de effectiviteit van advertenties. Wij gebruiken geen cookies van dit type Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal A soil sample is taken,…...
Nature Today | Beavers can turn riverbeds into powerful carbon sinks
2+ week, 4+ day ago (708+ words) Beavers can turn riverbeds into powerful carbon sinks'Nature Today Beavers can turn riverbeds into powerful carbon sinks The new paper, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, has, for the first time, put a total carbon budget to the engineering work…...
Nature Today | Coastal ocean chemistry now substantially shaped by humans
2+ week, 5+ day ago (197+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal The international study, led by the University of California, Riverside, analyzed seawater samples collected over a decade from coastal regions from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. NIOZ Biogeochemists'Andreas Haas'and Lisa Schellenberg…...
Nature Today | Nest-building birds help disperse cotton
3+ week, 1+ day ago (255+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal Notably, mousebirds normally remain within a few hundred metres of their nest during the breeding season. To collect cotton, they therefore travelled greater distances than expected. When nests fall apart after the…...
Nature Today | Seabirds as architects of the landscape by their excrement
3+ week, 5+ day ago (704+ words) Seabirds as architects of the landscape by their excrement'Nature Today Seabirds as architects of the landscape by their excrement Van Rees, who works at Utrecht University and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), studied five uninhabited islands in…...
Nature Today | Early interactions between siblings shape social skills
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (528+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal For many animals, siblings are a key component of their social environment during early life. Previous research has shown that the early social environment is important, but it was not yet clear…...