Tag: Biodiversity

Credit: Dhani Researchers measured the population stock in Saleh Bay, Indonesia of the commercially valuable leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), ...

What’s fair game on the high seas?

Sonar innovation could single out sustainable tuna species from afarCredit: International Seafood Sustainability Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 6 -- Sustainability-driven ...

Elasmobranches getting slammed

Credit: Benaya Simeon Elasmobranches - sharks, rays, and skates - are at an elevated risk of extinction due to overfishing, ...

Are penguins righties or lefties?

Credit: Julie larsen Maher/WCS Researchers in Punta Tombo, Argentina conducted a study to see whether Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) showed ...

Is sex primarily a strategy against transmissible cancer?

Credit: One of the greatest enigmas of evolutionary biology is that while sex is the dominant mode of reproduction among ...

Talking to each other — how forest conservation can succeed

Göttingen research team reveals strengths and shortcomings of different conceptsCredit: Laura Demant Forest conservation can be a source of tension ...

Artificial reef makes its debut at Sydney Opera House

Test for marine biodiversity enhancement value of artificial structuresCredit: Alex Goad What began as a low-tech construction made from milk ...

Insilico Medicine unveils top 3 winners of MolHack 2019

The total number of 65 participants demonstrated their phenomenal solutions in front of an esteemed panel of judges, with only ...

Emerging frontiers in phenological research

Special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences presents innovative methods to understand how ecosystems react to climate changeCredit: Image credit ...

Two new species of ‘tweezer-beaked hopping rats’ discovered in Philippines

Elusive rodents finally found when scientists switched out peanut butter bait for earthwormsCredit: Original by Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Just ...

To see how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch the prey, say researchers

Princeton's Rob Pringle leads a team to study predator-prey relations in the BahamasCredit: Jonathan Losos, Washington University (bottom right) and ...

Analysis: World’s protected areas safeguard only a fraction of wildlife

Adequately resourced protected areas currently safeguard just 4-9% of terrestrial amphibians, birds, and mammalsCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (June ...

Microorganisms on microplastics

Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute ...

Human impact on the activities and social behaviour of urban capuchin monkeys