Featured news
23 Apr 2018
Making music from animal migrations
What does elephant seal migration sound like? A study by prominent marine researchers is the first to find out.
32 news posts in Ecology
Environment
18 Apr 2018
High levels of hazardous chemicals found in plastics collected from Lake Geneva
The first analysis of plastic from the lake’s beaches finds cadmium, mercury and lead, sometimes at levels exceeding those permitted under EU law: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Life sciences
02 Mar 2018
Moths in mud can uncover prehistoric secrets
Revolutionary new technique for studying lake sediments can reveal when prehistoric insect swarms occurred: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Featured news
12 Feb 2018
Modern man vs. giant animals
Extinct herbivorous megafauna — like woolly rhinos, giant sloths and mammoths — were displaced by humans who partly took their place in the ecosystem: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Featured news
02 Feb 2018
Seabed mining could destroy deep sea ecosystems
The first global overview of seabed mining highlights potential environmental impacts, knowledge gaps and areas for future research: Frontiers in Marine Science
Environment
27 Nov 2017
No more deer in the headlight
Large mammals do use road crossing structures, finds a study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Environment
30 Oct 2017
Habitat restoration can maximize the benefits of marine protected areas
Spillover of oyster larvae from marine protected areas is only beneficial if harvested areas contain suitable oyster habitat, finds research in Frontiers in Marine Science.
Sustainability
24 Oct 2017
Waterside lighting drastically disrupts wildlife in the surrounding ecosystem
Streetlights affect insects and spiders living beneath the lights, finds a study in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Environment
09 Oct 2017
DNA in albatross feces reveals diet of fishery discards
A new, non-intrusive way to assess seabird diet could help improve fisheries management and monitor marine biodiversity.
Life sciences
06 Oct 2017
House sparrow decline linked to air pollution and poor diet
City sparrows have higher levels of free-radical damage than their country cousins, especially during breeding season, finds a study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Environment
09 Aug 2017
Horizon Scan 2018: Emerging Issues in Marine Science
Frontiers in Marine Science is proud to launch the second edition of our annual Research Topic: Horizon Scan 2018: Emerging Issues in Marine Science.
Life sciences
04 Apr 2017
Microbial colonisers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change
New research in Frontiers In Earth Science shows that ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity.
Sustainability
11 Nov 2016
Not all trees influence the environment equally
When adding more green to your neighborhood, are all trees the same? Not quite, according to recent research led by Heikki Setälä from the University of Helsinki.
Environment
23 Aug 2016
To survive climate change, plants must adapt – and fast
Researchers read into the biological history of plants to reveal how plants will survive when birds and bees fly away.
Life sciences
05 Aug 2016
Butterflies use differences in leaf shape to distinguish between plants
The preference of Heliconius butterflies for certain leaf shapes is innate, but can be reversed through learning, says a study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. These results support a decades-old theory for explaining the evolution of the exceptional diversity of leaf shapes in passionflowers. The tropical butterfly Heliconius eratodistinguishes between shapes, and uses them as a cue for choosing the plants on which to feed and lay eggs, shows new research by scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The butterfly has an innate preference for passionflowers with particular leaf shapes, but can learn to overcome this preference in favor of other shapes, especially those that are the most abundant in the local flora. These preferences can promote the evolution of plant biodiversity. Heliconius erato, the red passionflower butterfly, is a large (5 to 8 cm wingspan), white-red-black butterfly that occurs throughout Central America and tropical South America. Females lay their eggs on passionflowers (Passiflora), a genus of tropical vines with extreme variation in leaf shape, both between and within species. For example, related species can have triangular, elongated, elliptic, lobed, or spear-shaped leaves, while even on the same plant leaf shape may vary […]