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- Octopuses punch fishes during collaborative interspecific hunting events (2020) https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3266 2 comments
- Museum specimens reveal increasing microplastics in freshwater fish https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2320 2 comments
- Effectiveness of population-based recovery actions for threatened southern mountain caribou | When predation pressure was reduced, rapid population growth was observed, even under contemporary climate change and high levels of habitat loss https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2965 3 comments science
- A win–win between farmers and an apex predator: investigating the relationship between bald eagles and dairy farms https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4456 3 comments science
- Mega-disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California | Primarily due to the combination of wildfires, drought, and drought-associated beetle epidemics, 30% of the region's conifer forest extent transitioned to non-forest vegetation during 2011-2020. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2763 5 comments science
- Mega-disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California | Primarily due to the combination of wildfires, drought, and drought-associated beetle epidemics, 30% of the region's conifer forest extent transitioned to non-forest vegetation during 2011-2020. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2763 2 comments climate
- Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and threaten food security, study finds https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecm.1550 26 comments science
- Scientific paper raises awareness about wildfire misinformation. Research has shown climate contrarians, or those who either don’t believe in climate change or who say that it is not caused by human activity https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2553 37 comments science
- Caribou herds in Canada are continuing to decline despite significant recovery efforts. But one herd of mountain Caribou in central British Columbia has gone from 38 animals in 2013 to more than 110 today due to conservation efforts from Indigenous stewards. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2581 27 comments science
- The unprecedented fires that devastated parts of Australia in 2020 can be attributed in part to colonialism. The arrival of British settlers disrupted Indigenous burning practices, setting the stage for large and destructive blazes. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2395 16 comments science
- A trait-based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine species to human impacts. 45,000 marine species are at-risk https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3919 5 comments science
- Squirrels are eating poisonous mushrooms without getting sick https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2443 22 comments science
- Octopuses punch fishes during collaborative interspecific hunting events https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3266 18 comments science
- Octopuses observed "punching" fishes that are part of their hunting groups. Sometimes done to steal prey, but other times it appears to be done just out of spite. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3266 179 comments science
- A regular dose of nature and the existence of green window views from within the home during the COVID‐19 pandemic was associated with increased levels of self‐esteem, life satisfaction, and subjective happiness and decreased levels of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2248 45 comments science
- A regular dose of nature and the existence of green window views from within the home was associated with increased levels of self‐esteem, life satisfaction, and subjective happiness and decreased levels of depression, anxiety, and loneliness during the COVID‐19 pandemic. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2248 4 comments science
- Thief ants steal—and eat—the young of other ants, decimating their populations: “This suggests that these predatory activities are highly complex and may have evolved over a long period of time.” https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3084 4 comments science
- Asian black bears obtain about 80% of the energy they need in a year by eating acorns in autumn. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2891 11 comments science
- [question] I'm a bit stuck with a regression model with percentages as a predictor variable. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/10-0340.1 13 comments statistics
- Scientific ethics and the illusion of naïve objectivity https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2091 16 comments philosophy
- Underestimating the benefits of marine protected areas for the replenishment of fished populations https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2075 3 comments science
- New study finds females may be more likely to get pregnant after receiving a life-threatening scare(in rodents) https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2765 14 comments science
- Study on Chernobyl region bank voles shows harmful and significant radiation effects on populations even at the lowest levels of radioactivity. This refutes the hypothesis of there being a threshold level of radiation below which there are no effects in natural populations of animals. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2667 19 comments science
- Marine biologists recently discovered large schools of fishes living in the dark depths of the Gulf of California where there is virtually no oxygen. Using an underwater robot, the scientists observed these fishes thriving in low-oxygen conditions that would be deadly to most other fish https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2539 20 comments science
- Snakes make up 13 to 43% of the diet of African cobras. Puff adders are the most commonly consumed snake. Five out of six cobra species dabble in cannibalism. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.2522 3 comments science
- Stick insect eggs survive bird digestion: Potential role of bird predation in the dispersal of otherwise flightless stick insects https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2230 5 comments science