The Best Way to Kill Trees to Create Habitat - Eos (eos.org)
Chernobyl wolves have evolved resistance to cancer (www.earth.com)
One of world’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshot (www.theguardian.com)
Overcrowding increases tree mortality, perhaps explaining higher biodiversity in tropical forests (phys.org)
Ant geopolitics (aeon.co)
It is tempting to look for parallels with human empires. Perhaps it is impossible not to see rhymes between the natural and human worlds, and as a science journalist I’ve contributed more than my share. But just because words rhyme, it doesn’t mean their definitions align. Global ant societies are not simply echoes of human...
Predatory fish use rapid color changes to coordinate attacks, scientists discover (phys.org)
Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean’s top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time. Now a new study reported in the journal Current Biology helps to explain how they might coordinate this turn-taking style of...
How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery (phys.org)
Meet some of the fiercest queens of the animal kingdom (www.nationalgeographic.com)
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold (www.theatlantic.com)
On the shared genetic memories between us, the cat and the fly | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
'Mind-blowing' deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 new species and a gigantic underwater mountain (www.livescience.com)
Magnificent yellow-crested bird photographed for the first time (www.newscientist.com)
'Living Fossil' Lizards Are Constantly Evolving--You Just Can't See It (www.scientificamerican.com)
Biologists Discover Four New Octopus Species in the Deep Ocean Off Costa Rica (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake (theconversation.com)
Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the Celtic rainforest revealed by UV (www.bbc.co.uk)
What Is a Species, Anyway? (www.nytimes.com)
Hummingbirds are in danger of extinction due to witchcraft and the promise of love on Valentine’s Day (english.elpais.com)
Ancient trees are essential elements for high-mountain forest conservation: Linking the longevity of trees to their ecological function (www.pnas.org)
Migratory fish species are in drastic decline, a new UN report details (www.sciencenews.org)
Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find (phys.org)
Anthropogenic climate and land-use change drive short- and long-term biodiversity shifts across taxa - Nature Ecology & Evolution (www.nature.com)
England brings in biodiversity net gain rules to force builders to compensate for loss of nature (www.theguardian.com)
Andean farmers use age-old technique amid climate change (phys.org)
Global study: Wild megafauna shape ecosystem properties (phys.org)
