When states want to gauge quail populations, the process can be grueling, time-consuming and expensive. It means spending hours in the field listening for calls. Or leaving a recording device in the field to catch what sounds are made -- only to spend hours later listening to that audio. Then,...
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Differences in male and female ostriches could explain how they form groups
Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups -- something that could determine which group sizes work best. According to a new study, this depends to a large extent quite simply on females and males having different interests.
Wastewater testing expected to work for most infectious diseases
Wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases is expected work for just about every infectious disease that affects humans, including monkeypox and polio. But more research is needed to apply the science for public health benefit, according to a research team led by epidemiologists.
Small Sulfate Aerosol May Have Masked Effects of Climate Change in the 1970s
Small sulfate particles of diameters 0.4 µm or less from anthropogenic sources could have had a cooling effect on the climate in the 1970s, by triggering cloud formation and reflection radiation.
Walking Back in Time to Learn About the Future of Permafrost
There’s a freezer door in the mountainside outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Study Examines the Impact of Coral Chemical Compounds on Reef Composition and Health
Stumbling upon a new source of underwater caffeine was just an added bonus of a new study examining the impact of chemical compounds that corals release into the seawater.
Isotope data strengthens suspicions of ivory stockpile theft
A new study uses carbon isotope science to show that marked tusks in a seized ivory shipment were more than 30 years old and likely had found their way from a guarded government stockpile into the hands of illegal ivory traders. The results suggest that governments that maintain ivory stockpiles...
Flooding Significantly Impacts Food Security, New Study Finds
New research finds that flooding can affect food security for over 5.6 million people across several African nations.
Faster-Developing, Wetter Hurricanes to Come
In a new study, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory find that the U.S.
Future Emissions From ‘Country of Permafrost’ Significant, Must be Factored into Global Climate Targets
By the end of this century, permafrost in the rapidly warming Arctic will likely emit as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation, and potentially more than the U.S. has emitted since the start of the industrial revolution.