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The following information was released by the University of Maryland - College Park: A unique 39-year study of wildflower blooms in a Colorado Rocky Mountain meadow shows more than two-thirds of alpin

Coleen Jose, E&E reporter Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California have evolved to feed rapidly in response to rising average temperatures in the past 40 years, new resear

The widely-reported decline of bee populations worldwide is wreaking havoc in certain ecosystems, particularly since it is now known that bees can be very fickle when it comes to pollination. Accordin

Jul 24, 2013 (Futurity.org:http://www.futurity.org Delivered by Newstex) EMORY (US) — Removing a single bumblebee species leads remaining bees to 'cheat' on their flowers of choice, which results in s

The following information was released by the University of California - Santa Cruz: By Carol Clark , Emory University Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and c

Wenn nur eine Hummelart von zehn aus einer Wiese entfernt wird, produzieren die Pflanzen ein Drittel weniger Samen. Der Grund: Die übrigen Hummeln werden ihren Nektarpflanzen untreu, haben Forschende

The loss of bees and other pollinators around the world is already cause for concern. Now two researchers who studied bumblebees in Colorado have added a new worry, identifying the perils of bumblebee

Jul 22, 2013 (Mongabay News:http://news.mongabay.com Delivered by Newstex) A shocking new study finds that losing just one pollinator species could lead to major declines in plant productivity, a find

Soziales Spielen ist offenbar auch bei Nagetieren nicht einfach nur planloser Spaß. Denn wer in der

London/Wien - Man kennt das Verhalten von allen möglichen Säugetierarten: Jungtiere balgen sich und schienen einen rechten Spaß dabei zu haben. Das Verhalten scheint planlos und unnütz, zudem kostet e

Warum toben Tiere? Es wirkt unnütz, kostet Energie. Forscher haben Murmeltiere elf Jahre lang

Der König der Murmeltiere wird im Kampf gekrönt. Die Tiere machen ihre Rangordnung in Rangeleien untereinander aus. Die Konkurrenz um einen vorderen Platz in der Murmeltierhierarchie beginnt aber scho

Hoch die Pfötchen und auch mal draufhauen: Junge Murmeltier balgen sich nicht nur zum Spass. Sie ermitteln in spielerischen Auseinandersetzungen ihre spätere Position in der Gruppe, berichten US-Forsc

DPA CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT dpa special science Marmots pass on their alarm calls to offspring, study finds London Marmots pass on the distinctive sounds of their alarm calls to their offspring, accord

The University of Georgia issued the following news release: New research is revealing surprising connections between animal microbiomes--the communities of microbes that live inside animals' bodies--

Climate change is disrupting an ancient synchronicity between hummingbird migration patterns and the nectary food source that has long sustained the birds on their yearly journeys. Glacier lilies, for

April Reese, E&E reporter The earlier arrival of spring due to climate change is having significant effects on Rocky Mountain populations of two types of insects, the mountain pine beetle and the Morm

The following information was released by Stanford University: Scientists say early snowmelt for two consecutive years explained more than four-fifths of the observed variation in Mormon fritillary bu

Early snow melts can throw a butterfly's life cycle out of whack, accounting for 84 percent of the

The following information was released by the University of Maryland - College Park: The early arrival of spring across the U.S. undoubtedly has warmed the hearts of many people, but for flowering pla