Researchers at the Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE) and the University of Bern have discovered a remarkable connection: certain tiny fish species not only have a small body, but also a particular...

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Global warming is often predicted to drive universal declines in animal body size, but empirical evidence remains equivocal. This is particularly t...

Progress towards national and international targets to halt and reverse declines in species' abundances will be assessed using multispecies indicators (MSIs). A distinction must be drawn between two ...

The discovery has prompted calls for more testing and raised concerns about the safety of food taken from the lake.

The Rhine and Danube have reached historic lows. Dwindling water levels are affecting shipping, agriculture and ecosystems — and raising concerns about the future of drinking water supplies.

An entire generation grew up without mayflies. But the pesky bug's return this summer points to a healthier Lake Erie .

Abstract. Natural microcosms (NMs) have been proposed as model systems for ecology based on their ubiquity, ease of study and natural context. We assess wh

Global warming alters the physiology of ectotherm consumers, potentially making their diets more herbivorous. However, the relevance and generality of these changes remain poorly understood in a mult...

Using environmental DNA from 113 river systems, this study presents a unified analysis of global riverine fish biodiversity to examine how effectively environmental DNA captures multiple facets of bio...

Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…

Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...

Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...

Aquatic insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies are widely used for freshwater biomonitoring and could provide resource pulses to terrestrial insectivores. Here the authors show a positiv...

Marine mammals can exhibit high plasticity in foraging strategies, but how such plasticity is driven by environmental conditions is poorly understood. The American manatee (Trichechus manatus), a lar...