Flowers bring forage — and infection — to bees
While planting flowers can increase foraging opportunities for common eastern bumble bees, researchers found some of those flowers are associated with higher ...
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Wildlife disease could spread faster in dry places
When people get sick, they tend to retreat to their beds, opting for rest and recovery instead of infecting others. It’s been widely believed that sick wild ...
Study links fungicides to bee colony declines
Researchers recently found what they believe may be an unexpected cause of bee decline in the United States — fungicides. Looking at sites across the country ...
Tiny but tough: Fire ants reduce rodent numbers, ticks
Red imported fire ants are known to cause destruction in species such as the federally endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) in ...
Lowland leopard frogs fight off deadly pathogen
In Arizona, some populations of lowland leopard frogs’ immune systems are working overtime to fight off the deadly pathogen that causes the chytridiomycosis, a ...
Supplemental Feeding: To Feed or Not to Feed Wildlife
When it comes to the age-old question of whether or not to feed wildlife, a new study is finally providing us with a step in the right direction. Depending on a few ...