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Europe's Carnivores Make A Comeback
Environment Photo credit: Malene Thyssen via Wikimedia Commons. The return of European carnivores gives this bear a reason to smile Bears, wolves and even lynx and wolverines are returning to Europe....
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Why More Sharks Don't Invade Freshwater Lakes and Rivers
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Bull shark / Shane Gross / shutterstock.com Few animals make the move from saltwater to freshwater habitats; a slew of physiological and ecological barriers limits...
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Ocean Warming Leading To Unprecedented Loss of Coral Reefs
Environment Photo credit: Toby Hudson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 The Great Barrier Reefstretches for more than 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The lives...
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Top Predators Limit Their Own Numbers
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Nagel Photography/shutterstock.com Unlike small mammals who multiply like bunnies or some predators who’s boom or bust depends on said bunnies, large carnivores like...
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How Ancient Ecosystems Survived One Of Earth's Biggest Mass Extinctions
Plants and Animals Photo credit: The ancient mammal Lystrosaurus, a survivor of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, standing on the shore of a lake in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Marlene...
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Climate Change Will Lead To Grim Future For Marine Ecosystems
Environment Photo credit: Polly Dawson/Shutterstock A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that man-made global warming is having a significantly...
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Biodiversity Protects Ecosystems Against Climate Change
Environment Photo credit: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock Biodiversity is a key measure of the “health” of life on Earth. During mass extinction events, biodiversity of both plants and animals bottoms...
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Spikes In Seawater Acidity Linked To Coral Reef Growth
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Coral reef in Bermuda. Sean Lema/Shutterstock In a surprising discovery, researchers studying spikes in seawater acidity off Bermuda reveal that the coral reef itself...
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Just One Antibiotic Treatment Can Alter Your Gut Microbiome For A Year
Health and Medicine Photo credit: avarand/Shutterstock The same antibiotic treatment can elicit very different responses from your mouth microbes and from your gut microbes. While the microscopic...
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Ecosystems Suffering Biodiversity Losses Are Less Resilient To Change
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Andrena solitary bee. Nadine Mitschunas Over the last 40 years, Great Britain’s ecosystems have become less resilient to the impacts of environmental change, according...
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Here's What Drifts Through Just One Cubic Foot Of Water On A Coral Reef Every...
Plants and Animals Photo credit: One cubic foot of life from Monterey Canyon, California. David Liitschwager, Steve Haddock, Karen Osborn and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute/Smithsonian With...
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In Pictures: A Close-Up Look At The Great Barrier Reef’s Bleaching
Environment Photo credit: Bleached coral can take on luminously beautiful pink and purple hues - but don’t be deceived, these corals are under stress. Justin Marshall/coralwatch.org, Author provided...
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