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Ecology

Spiderweb with dew in the morning

Orb weaver spider glue properties evolve faster than their glue genes

Plant being recorded

Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from over a meter away

A ‘cucumber green spider’

Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization

New growth emerges in a badly burned section of the Tahoe National Forest. (Image credit: Getty Images)

CA forests are stranded in habitats that have grown too warm

Distribution of two non-native squirrel species in Japan: Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus; left) and Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris; right). Sites of invasion are depicted in orange. The four successful eradication sites are shown in black.

Alien squirrels invade Japan

Lesser Antillean Iguana, native to the Caribbean, and the invasive mongoose.

Loss of reptiles poses threat for small islands where humans may have caused extinctions

Elephants

Gardeners of the Forest: Science Poetry Friday!

A very tiny bunny

Hundreds of mammal species are being pushed toward extinction

Jacaranda tree in bloom; a common sight in Southern California. (Sundry Photography/iStock/Getty)

Landscaping for drought: We’re doing it wrong

Researchers Courtney Duchardt, right, then a UW Ph.D. student, and David Augustine, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, examine a mountain plover in the Thunder Basin National Grassland. Mountain plovers, a bird that thrives when vegetation is kept shorter by prairie dogs, almost disappeared from the study area when plague decimated prairie dog numbers in 2017.

Prairie dog die-off wreaks havoc on other species

An elephant getting a shower

Elephant benefits often overlooked in conservation strategy

Fly with big red eyes

Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest

Dinosaur face

First dinosaurs ate pretty much everything

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