ecology
Loss of species biodiversity near melting Antarctic glaciers
Posted in Featured, Science on 17th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Over the past five decades, temperatures have risen nearly five times as rapidly on the western Antarctic Peninsula than the global average.
Parasites Are Wiping Out Entire Honeybee Colonies
Posted in Featured, Science on 29th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
Although parasites have long been associated with colony collapse disorder, where entire hives are wiped out, only recently has the magnitude of the threat been realized.
Bee behaviour mapped by using tiny trackers
Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Understanding bee behavior is absolutely vital if we are to understand better why our bees are struggling and how we can reverse their decline.
Aussie bees fight 'hive wars'
Posted in Science on 22nd Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
Bee colonies in Brisbane are waging war for months on end, sending waves of workers who collide, grapple and die.
Antarctic hides extreme ecosystem
Posted in Science on 21st Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists have pulled up thousands of different types of micro-organisms from Lake Whillans, a large body of water buried 800m under the ice sheet.