A rare tarantula spider native to Venezuela has arrived in the Cotswolds. Cotswold Wildlife Park has welcomed a colourful new arrival in the form of a greenbottle blue tarantula. The female spider is the second new spider arrival announced by…
A rare beetle has been rediscovered in Wales after nearly 60 years, conservationists have said. The short-necked oil beetle, driven to the brink of extinction in Britain due to habitat loss over the course of the 20th century, has been found at…
A research site in the Chablais region, with the summit of Les Diablerets in the background. (Credit: Patrice Descombes via ETH Zurich) New research uses grasshoppers to investigate how insects from lower elevations could affect plants on higher ones, such…
Integrative biology professor Amanda Koltz explores the ways that arctic wolf spiders’ diets are shifting over time in a recent paper. Wet squelching sounds filled the air as Amanda Koltz and her team trudged through the thick patches of grass…
Of note, Tulsa had its hottest March and September on record. February was the second warmest on record. August and October (so far) are the 5th hottest on record. These months are the time frames contributing most to the record-setting year.
Under present climate conditions, the model estimates that climatically suitable niches cover 25.73 percent of China’s land area, equivalent to about 247.47 million hectares expressed as 247.47 × 10⁴ square kilometers. These areas are concentrated mainly in eastern Sichuan, Chongqing, and coastal South China. The…
A study of 113 woody species in the Qinling Mountains shows that mycorrhizal type and life form independently shape plant resource-use strategies.
All plants in natural ecosystems appear to be symbiotic with fungal endophytes. This highly diverse group of fungi can have profound impacts on plant communities through increasing fitness by conferring abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, increasing biomass and decreasing water…
The findings underscore the susceptibility of Yellow Sea fungal communities to drastic oceanic events, the researchers conclude. The work also highlights the potential role of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass as a biodiversity reservoir under changing climate conditions, a…
Long lifetime of carbon dioxide commits planet to warmer future Geneva, Switzerland (WMO) – Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached unprecedented highs in 2025, locking in more long-term temperature increase for the planet, according to…
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