Tag: Biodiversity

June 5, 2019

Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlifeCredit: Daniel Karp/UC Davis Privately-owned, fragmented forests in Costa Rica can support as many ...

Early lives of Alaska sockeye salmon accelerating with climate change

Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life ...

Ant reactions to habitat disruptions inform a result of evolution, according to Conco

Jean-Philippe Lessard calls for a common framework for analyzing the traits of 12,000+ species identified worldwide A Concordia biology professor ...

Frogs find refuge in elephant tracks

Study says pachyderm puddles are amphibian condosCredit: Steven Platt/WCS YANGON, Myanmar (June 4, 2019) - Frogs need elephants. That's what ...

Salmon get a major athletic boost via a single enzyme

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, help explain how the fish undertake arduous upstream migrations, ...

Fear of ‘killer shrimps’ could pose major threat to European rivers

Credit: Michal Grabowski, University of Lodz The fear of invasive 'killer shrimps' can intimidate native organisms to such a degree ...

Plant lineage points to different evolutionary playbook for temperate species

Credit: Rebecca Stubbs/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An ancient, cosmopolitan lineage of plants is shaking up scientists' understanding of how ...

Exotic pets can become pests with risk of invasion

As international exotic pet trade grows, a better understanding of forces driving the trade is needed to reduce the threat ...

Pop-up parks deliver big benefits in small spaces

Small greenspaces provide city dwellers opportunities to connect with nature and can serve as habitat refuges that help protect urban ...

An island haven for frogs in a sea of extinctions

An international team of researchers has a plan to keep New Guinea's frogs safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungusCredit: Stephen ...

Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives

Credit: Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Michigan State University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As spring advances across the ...

Chasing species’ ‘intactness’

Credit: Rob Wallace/WCS In an effort to better protect the world's last ecologically intact ecosystems, researchers developed a new metric ...

Better conservation through satellites

Credit: A. Vila/WCS The use of satellite telemetry in conservation is entering a "golden age," and is now being used ...

New research shows how habitat loss can destabilise ecosystems