Researchers make breakthrough in understanding species abundance

Researchers make breakthrough in understanding species abundance

When it comes to predicting the abundance of a species, body size appears to be a fundamental and repeatable predictor, with smaller organisms occurring in greater numbers than larger ones. The caveat, known as Bermann’s Rule, is that in polar regions larger bodied organisms predominate. Other factors that influence species abundance include light availability, food…

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Finding the happy place of the ibis

Finding the happy place of the ibis

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have confirmed the happy place of one of Australia’s smelliest and messiest native birds—the white ibis—and as expected, the closer to rubbish dumps the better. University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have confirmed the happy place of one of Australia’s smelliest and messiest native birds—the white ibis—and as expected, the…

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Image: The hidden intricacies of Messier 106

Image: The hidden intricacies of Messier 106

Featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258. This is a nearby spiral galaxy that resides roughly 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici, practically a neighbor by cosmic standards. Messier 106 is one of the brightest and nearest spiral galaxies…

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How NASA citizen science fuels future exoplanet research

How NASA citizen science fuels future exoplanet research

NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. More than 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed to date—and given that scientists estimate at least one exoplanet exists for every star in the sky, the hunt has just begun. NASA’s…

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