by Susan Keown | Apr 4, 2024 | ScienceWire
In a piece for Nautilus, Sarah DeWeerdt writes about the long-term impact of whaling on the deep-sea ecosystems that depend on “whale fall” — whale corpses that settle in the depths, bringing massive amounts of nutrients with them. These fallen cetaceans nourish...
by Susan Keown | Aug 3, 2021 | ScienceWire
Jane C. Hu (@jane_c_hu) writes for Biographic about how the cicadas that appeared in such numbers this summer on the East Coast nevertheless seem to be in decline. Habitat destruction, pesticides and climate change are threats but, she explains, the kind of population...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
High-tech methods make de-extinction possible, Ashley Braun writes. But how exactly does that work? And does it work out for the animals that are a genetic likeness of the extinct species? In Longreads (@Longreads), Ashley dives into the complex biological and...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
It’s a weasel-like carnivore not much bigger than a kitten and was thought to be extinct. Sylvia Kantor describes the Humboldt marten in a report for Science Findings for the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The rare subspecies of the...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Yes, they’re adorable. But Beth Geiger has a story for Nature Conservancy magazine about a sobering topic: threats to Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits, which are North America’s smallest bunnies. The little guys are back from the brink of extinction but the rescue has...
