Video: Biologists record opossum-eating tarantula
As University of Michigan biologists were walking a night transect through the Amazon rainforest in Peru, they came across something they had never seen before. ...
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JWM: Camera traps help catch crop raiders and assess losses
In the sustainable-use reserves of Juruá, Brazil, communities can legally obtain fruits, nuts, fish and meat from the protected rainforest, but they chiefly ...
Researchers assess state of wilderness
In the last two decades, 10 percent of the world’s wilderness has been lost, according to new research, from the boreal forests of North America to the ...
WSB: A low-cost approach boosts female Amazon River turtles
Amazon River turtles’ greatest threat is illegal harvesting, and since females, which grow larger and are easier to capture than males, are particularly targeted, ...
Microhabitats drive butterfly diversity
Butterflies’ wing patterns often signal to birds that they’re toxic, and other species of butterflies will sometimes display the same patterns to maximize the ...
In the Amazon rainforest, small roads have big impacts
Cars, trucks, and other vehicles leave noise, pollution, and roadkill in their wake. But if those impacts are subtracted, what about the roads themselves? “We ...
Hydroelectric Dams Take Massive Toll on Biodiversity
Hydroelectric dams bring massive consequences in terms of biodiversity loss, according to a new study tracking the results of a dam constructed in the Brazilian ...
Successful Rainforest Protection Much Like Speed Control
Putting the brakes on deforestation works best when treated the same way police enforce speed limits on highways, according to research on Brazilian jungle: Give ...