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Suitable habitat for migrating monarch butterflies will shift southwards because of climate change, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by...
Climate change has caused some tropical plants to flower earlier or later than they used to; in some cases by a matter of weeks or even months, accord...
New research shows that, off the U.S. West Coast, humpback whales face a higher risk of getting entangled in fishing equipment during years with lower...
The human body is a dynamic place. Blood pumps, spinal fluid flows, oxygen comes in and carbon dioxide goes out. Deeper still, charged molecules pass...
Rising sea temperatures are causing coral reefs around the world to bleach. For the first time, a research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz M...
A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native p...
Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils. This ecosystem-w...
A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and s...
As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A grou...
Powerful, fierce and the king of the Cretaceous world, Tyrannosaurus rex was the ultimate apex predator. But it was also surprisingly dainty on its fe...
A new tool enables biomedical researchers from around the world to quickly see the connections between lipids and proteins inside cells, thanks to a n...
A new study co-authored by Virginia Tech and University of Vermont researchers offers one of the first, large-scale empirical looks at how Certified C...
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