Submissions from phys.org

• Evidence of Antarctic glacier's tipping point confirmed for first time

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  Published 2nd Apr 2021
• Hidden diversity of coral more important for conservation than previously thought

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  Published 2nd Apr 2021
• Female monkeys use males as 'hired guns' for defense against predators, study says

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  Published 2nd Apr 2021
• Humpback whales may have bounced back from near-extinction, but it's too soon to declare them safe

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  Published 2nd Apr 2021
• African elephants only occupy a fraction of their potential range

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  Published 2nd Apr 2021
• Australia fires spewed as much smoke into stratosphere as volcano: study

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  Published 19th Mar 2021
• From poaching to avocados, Kenya's elephants face new threat

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  Published 19th Mar 2021
• For migrating elephant seals, 'lightscapes of fear' shape feeding, resting strategies

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  Published 19th Mar 2021
• Female wild bonobos provide care for infants outside their social group

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  Published 19th Mar 2021
• Researchers discover how to control zinc in plants: Could help the world's malnourished

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  Published 19th Mar 2021
• Oahu marine protected areas offer limited protection of coral reef herbivorous fishes

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  Published 1st Mar 2021
• Monarch butterflies down 26% in Mexico wintering grounds

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  Published 1st Mar 2021
• Tweaking corn kernels with CRISPR

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  Published 1st Mar 2021
• Trials & Tribulations facing our Pollenators Living under threat of extinction

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  Published 1st Mar 2021
• Why do we love koalas so much? Because they look like baby humans

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  Published 23rd Feb 2021
• More than 1/3 of the Corn Belt in the Midwest—nearly 100 million acres—has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research that indicates the U.S. Department of Agricultural has significantly underestimated the true magnitude of farmland erosion

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  Published 16th Feb 2021
• Tropical paper wasps babysit for neighbors

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  Published 16th Feb 2021
• Study: Humpback whales aren't learning their songs from one another

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  Published 15th Feb 2021
• How microplastics in the soil contribute to environmental pollution

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  Published 12th Feb 2021
• Moray eels thrive on coral reefs close to people—overfishing of other predators, like sharks, may be the cause

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  Published 12th Feb 2021
• Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining

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  Published 12th Feb 2021
• Researchers uncover hidden hunting tactics of wolves in Minnesota's Northwoods

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  Published 11th Feb 2021
• Arctic permafrost releases more carbon dioxide than once believed

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  Published 11th Feb 2021
• Dragonflies perform upside down backflips to right themselves

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  Published 11th Feb 2021
• Starling success traced to rapid adaptation

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  Published 11th Feb 2021
• Sawfish face global extinction unless overfishing is curbed

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  Published 11th Feb 2021
• Now's the time to rethink your relationship with nature. The pandemic has allowed many of us to develop a new appreciation of the great outdoors.

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  Published 24th Jan 2021
• Nature's decline risks our quality of life. It is no secret that over the last few decades, humans have changed nature at an ever-increasing rate.

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  Published 24th Jan 2021
• Humpback whale songs provide insight to population changes

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  Published 20th Dec 2020
• Baby mice 'shut down' to survive extreme cold on the highest mountain tops

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  Published 20th Dec 2020
• Immune and circulatory systems are integrated in insects

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  Published 20th Dec 2020
• Researchers turn DNA detectives to aid rhino poaching prosecutions with forensic evidence

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  Published 17th Dec 2020
• Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand

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  Published 17th Dec 2020
• Honey bees fend off giant hornets with animal dung

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  Published 13th Dec 2020
• Warmer springs mean more offspring for prothonotary warblers

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  Published 13th Dec 2020
• One-two punch: Sea urchins stuck belly-up in low-oxygen hot water

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  Published 13th Dec 2020
• Carolina Sandhills Salamander: New species added to species-rich North Carolina

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  Published 13th Dec 2020
• Researchers investigate how marine protected areas affect the impacts of heatwaves on ocean ecosystems

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  Published 8th Dec 2020
• Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires

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  Published 7th Dec 2020
• Ecuador finds nest of huge, endangered sea turtle

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  Published 7th Dec 2020
• Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, study finds

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  Published 2nd Dec 2020
• Mammoth move: loneliest elephant heads to Cambodia after Cher campaign

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  Published 2nd Dec 2020
• Mystery of Siberian freshwater seal food choice solved

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  Published 2nd Dec 2020
• Not just lizards—alligators can regrow their tails too

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  Published 29th Nov 2020
• Jaguars robust to climate extremes but lack of food threatens species

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  Published 29th Nov 2020
• How will sharks respond to climate change? It might depend on where they grew up

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  Published 29th Nov 2020
• The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats

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  Published 23rd Nov 2020
• Plant evolves to become less visible to humans

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  Published 23rd Nov 2020
• Researchers create first map of bee species around the globe

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  Published 20th Nov 2020
• Humpback whales have been spotted in a Kakadu river. So in a fight with a crocodile, who would win?

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  Published 18th Nov 2020
• The world should react with the same urgency to climate change as to the coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning that global warming poses a greater threat than COVID-19.

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  Published 18th Nov 2020
• Why autumn is such a dangerous time for hedgehog mothers – and how to help them

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  Published 18th Nov 2020
• World's last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device

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  Published 18th Nov 2020
• Migrating animals 'live fast and die young'

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  Published 18th Nov 2020
• Puzzled otters learn from each other

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  Published 13th Nov 2020
• Ending greenhouse gas emissions may not stop global warming: study

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  Published 13th Nov 2020
• Gentoo penguins are four species, not one, say scientists

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  Published 4th Nov 2020
• Humpback whales are adapting to warming water, but how much can they take?

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  Published 2nd Nov 2020
• Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren't as different as they seem

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  Published 30th Oct 2020
• Ice loss due to warming leads to warming due to ice loss: A vicious circle

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  Published 28th Oct 2020
• Mountain gorillas are good neighbours—up to a point

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  Published 28th Oct 2020
• Researcher proposes sea-level rise global observing system

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  Published 27th Oct 2020
• West Africa walkabout: The further adventures of the elephant brothers

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  Published 25th Oct 2020
• Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8 surprising tawny frogmouth facts

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  Published 21st Oct 2020
• Declines in shellfish species on rocky seashores match climate-driven changes. The waters of the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than oceans almost anywhere on Earth. And as the level of carbon dioxide rises in the atmosphere, it's absorbed by the oceans, causing pH levels to fall.

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  Published 20th Oct 2020
• Back in the pink: Hong Kong dolphins enjoy rare quiet as pandemic halts ferries

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  Published 16th Oct 2020
• Restoring 30% of the world's ecosystems in priority areas could stave off extinctions and absorb CO2

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  Published 15th Oct 2020
• Big payoff if Nature 'restored' in the right places

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  Published 15th Oct 2020
• Pollutants banned for over 30 years linger in UK rivers – our wildlife is the evidence

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  Published 12th Oct 2020
• Birds share food with less fortunate conspecifics

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  Published 12th Oct 2020
• Most nations failing to protect nature in COVID-19 pandemic recovery plans

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  Published 12th Oct 2020
• To protect nature's benefits, focus on people

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  Published 12th Oct 2020
• Japan seeks to boost catch limits of prized bluefin tuna

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  Published 7th Oct 2020
• Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded

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  Published 7th Oct 2020
• National Zoo: Genetic tests reveal new baby panda is a boy

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  Published 6th Oct 2020
• Tracking sea turtle egg traffickers with GPS-enabled decoy eggs

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  Published 6th Oct 2020
• Pattern in whale songs predicts migration

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  Published 2nd Oct 2020
• Evidence of a cat recognizing and mimicking human behavior

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  Published 2nd Oct 2020
• The Arctic hasn't been this warm for 3 million years–and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

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  Published 1st Oct 2020
• Acropora spp. coral still thrives in the holdout refuge of Coral Gardens, Belize

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  Published 1st Oct 2020
• Baby boom at Taipei Zoo lightens pandemic blues

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  Published 30th Sep 2020
• China's air pollutant reduction success could make it tougher to control climate change

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  Published 29th Sep 2020
• Naked prehistoric monsters: Evidence that prehistoric flying reptiles probably had feathers refuted

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  Published 29th Sep 2020
• Salute the venerable ensign wasp, killing cockroaches for 25 million years

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  Published 29th Sep 2020
• Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution is worse than previously thought

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  Published 25th Sep 2020
• Landmark release sees bilbies return to Sturt National Park in NSW

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  Published 25th Sep 2020
• Experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephants

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  Published 25th Sep 2020
• These birds communicate by fluttering their feathers—and they have different accents

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  Published 23rd Sep 2020
• Warming temperatures are driving Arctic greening

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  Published 23rd Sep 2020
• In Ecuador, pair of Andean condors revives hope for species' survival

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  Published 23rd Sep 2020
• Australian rescuers save 25 of 270 stranded whales so far

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  Published 22nd Sep 2020
• Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia

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  Published 22nd Sep 2020
• Like humans, chimpanzees can suffer for life if orphaned before adulthood

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  Published 21st Sep 2020
• Two endangered Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesian park

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  Published 21st Sep 2020
• Chimpanzees in volatile habitats evolved to behave more flexibly

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  Published 18th Sep 2020
• Home of 'Asian unicorn' becomes nature reserve in Vietnam

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  Published 17th Sep 2020
• Arctic transitioning to a new climate state

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  Published 15th Sep 2020
• The first step to conserving the Great Barrier Reef is understanding what lives there

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  Published 15th Sep 2020
• Climate change recasts the insect communities of the Arctic

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  Published 13th Sep 2020
• Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river

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  Published 13th Sep 2020
• Loss of sea otters accelerating the effects of climate change

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  Published 11th Sep 2020