Ecology
VIDEO
Where do Brazilian whales go
Researchers use recognition algorithms to understand humpback whale annual migrations | 3'11
By Redação
Paleoecology
Caribbean incursions
Studies back up the hypothesis that the Caribbean Sea flooded parts of the western Amazon between 23 and 10 million years ago
By Tiago Jokura
Environment
Colorado River losing water
Water availability for ecosystems and human use is under threat in the Colorado River basin in the southwestern USA
By Redação
Biodiversity
The great ocean fertilizers
Whales are the largest living beings on the planet and play an important role in recycling ocean nutrients
By Redação
Biodiversity
Deforestation and hungry harpy eagles
The largest eagle in the world, is disappearing from some regions of the Amazon as a result of deforestation
By Redação
Video
Harpy eagles are disappearing from parts of the Amazon
Preys for the largest eagle on Earth dwindle in deforested areas | 1'58
By Redação
Photolab
The harvestman with eight canes
Of all the harvestman species found in Brazil, Giupponia Chagasi is the best adapted to living in caves—a trait known as troglomorphism
By Redação
Video
These birds show how species arise
Ornithologist Luís Fábio Silveira, curator of the bird collections at the Zoology Museum of the University of São Paulo (MZ-USP), explains how studies with capuchino seedeaters help understanding their diversification by means of evolution | 5'46
By Redação
Biodiversity
Damage beyond deforestation
Fragments of Atlantic Forest have already lost 23–42% of their biodiversity and forest carbon stocks
By Redação
Environment
Lakes to lose ice cover by 2100
Some 5,700 lakes in the northern hemisphere are expected to lose their ice cover during the winter by the end of the century
By Redação
Zoology
Sound absorbing wings
Microscopic structures on the scaled wings of two moth species are able to absorb many of the ultrasound waves emitted by bats
By Redação
Ecology
The advance of stagnant water
Dams, swamps, and wells proliferate in deforested areas of the Upper Xingu River Basin
By Suzel Tunes
Archaeology
30,000 years ago in the Americas
Mexican site suggests settlement of the Americas began 30,000 years ago
Ecology
Protecting the turtles
Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species
By Rubem Barros
Video
In violin bow construction, each wood type is unique
Biologist Eduardo Longui, from the Forest Institute of São Paulo, and architect and bowmaker Daniel Lombardi search for alternatives to brazilwood for manufacturing bows for cellos and violins. | 10'03
By Redação
Video
How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?
Throughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region
By Redação
Video
These parrots use probability to get food
Biologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use
By Redação
Vídeo
Biologists uncover pollinating opossum
Almost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower
By Redação