Day: October 25, 2015

Planting Trees May Boost Riverbed Animals’ Ability To Fight Climate Change, Researchers Say Deciduous trees along rivers and streams provide protection from damaging solar radiation and valuable foliage every autumn. Fallen leaves act as a vital food source for insects,…

Deadly Fish Disease Could Cause Mass Die-Offs In Lake Winnebago, Researchers Say A deadly fish disease known as VHSv has plagued hundreds of freshwater fish in Lake Winnebago, in Wisconsin. While some older individuals have developed a resistance toward the…

Rare Frogs and Bat Feces: Conservation is Vital For Preventing Widespread Extinctions Caucasian Parsley Frogs (Pelodytes punctatus) feed on insects breeding in the feces of bats in remote limestone caves near Russia, researchers discovered. Their study sheds light on the…

Ancient Wildfires: Researchers Examine Evolution Of Forest Fires Even though plants first emerged on Earth 400 million years ago, it was not until approximately 80 million years later that wildfires began ripping through forests and grasslands like they do today…