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Known for their powerful ability to launch out of the water in pursuit of prey, the loss of great white sharks from False Bay in South Africa has scientists and conservationists concerned about the ...

Western mosquitofish, pictured here, are known as the "plague minnow" due to their aggressive impact on native habitats when introduced. For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or ...

A new study led by Washington University in St. Louis uses a mathematical model and a global meta-analysis to highlight the cascading consequences of common parasitic infections in wild animals on ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 17, 2025) Beyond Pesticides ramped up its campaign to transition parks, playing fields, and schoolyards to organic land management after the release of a study showing ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 6, 2024) Researchers link pesticide exposure to behavioral effects on zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae, signaling a larger issue for overall population and ecosystem effects. In ...

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine life around them? By Becki Robins / Undark Published Aug 24, 2023 9:00 PM EDT This article ...

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In the United States, the removal of dams now outpaces the construction of new ones -- with more than 1,400 dams decommissioned since the 1970s -- and a new study suggests that the ecosystem effects ...