Spotted owls benefit from forest fire mosaic
California spotted owls in Yosemite National Park benefit from a habitat mosaic created by fire.
Credit: S. Eyes
Fire is a crucial part of the forest...
Yosemite forest fire example of possible things to come
An area burned at low severity in the Rim Fire, as photographed in the summer of 2014.
Credit: Reed Crane, U.S. Forest Service
Forest composition, ground...
Birds’ migration genes are conditioned by geography
The key to the willow warblers' differing migration patterns probably lies in their genes.
Credit: Max Lundberg
The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where...
Canadian and European boreal forests differ but neither is immune to climate change
The Canadian boreal forest is dominated by the 10-year snowshoe hare cycle.
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough
Rudy Boonstra has been doing field research in Canada's...
New insights into how the mind influences the body
The findings of this study shed new light on how stress, depression and other mental states can alter organ function, and show that there...
Milky Way could have 100 billion brown dwarfs
Artist's impression of a T-type brown dwarf.
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Our galaxy could have 100 billion brown dwarfs or more, according to work by an...
Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control
It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your diet for the day.
Credit: Jeff Grabmeier
It takes just...
Cosmic barbecue: Researchers spot 60 new ‘hot Jupiter’ candidates
A hot Jupiter at various phases of its orbit. The sizes of the star and planet and the separations between them are to scale...
Archaeologists put sound back into a previously silent past
Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. (Stock image)
Credit: © gnagel / Fotolia
Many attempts to explain...
Computer that reads body language
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed methods to detect the body pose, including facial expressions and hand positions, of multiple individuals. This enables computers...
Ruthenium rules for new fuel cells
Rice University scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
Credit: Chris Zhang/Rice University
Rice University scientists...
