Tag: Biodiversity

New method helps to ensure sustainable industriesCredit: Andrew Fox / Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions Wildlife tourism including white shark cage-diving ...

Coral reef fish diverged in 'evolutionary arms race' during last ice ageCredit: Yi-Kai Tea. With their exuberant colours, fiery personalities ...

Credit: Noam Altman-Kurosaki Marine protected areas (MPAs) around O?ahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat ...

Credit: Apiraksena K, Namchote S, Komsuwan J, and Krailas D. Parasitic flatworms known as agents of food-borne zoonoses were confirmed ...

The social life of bees: once solitary, behaviour plays a role in gene selection for socialnessCredit: Associate Professor Sandra Rehan, ...

Study raises concerns of further establishment in U.S. East Coast estuariesCredit: © M. Fabrizio/VIMS. A study by researchers at William ...

Credit: Dr. Nigel Raine/ University of Guelph An insecticide used to control pest infestations on squash and pumpkins significantly hinders ...

Scott Devine, PhD 64 human genomes sequenced will serve as new reference for genetic variation and predisposition to human diseasesCredit: ...

Credit: Photo by Brutus Östling Large carnivores are generally sensitive to ecosystem changes because their specialized diet and position at ...

New study suggests there are at least 10 times as many Bahama Orioles as previously believed, and offers insights that ...

Credit: Corli Coetsee More intense and frequent fires are reducing the size of tree communities in many regions of the ...

Global change alters microbial life in soils - and thereby its ecological functionsCredit: S. Piyaset - AdobeStock Soil microorganisms play ...

Credit: E Bersacola and Kim Hockings / Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project Chimpanzees and humans "overlap" in their use of forests and ...

Credit: Pip Laker Pheasants fall into two groups in terms of how they find their way around - and the ...

Vocal threshold may hamper survival of this Arctic speciesCredit: Michael Cameron, NOAA Ithaca, NY-- During mating season, male bearded seals ...

Researchers estimated biodiversity and biomass losses in the biome using data from 1,819 forest inventories. In terms of carbon storage, ...

Credit: Andrey Atuchin A new study published Feb. 24 in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents the earliest-known fossil ...

Credit: FEFU press office Biologically active compounds from the marine fungus Penicillium dimorphosporum protect cells from paraquat, the highly toxic ...

Synthesis of five frameworks seeks to advance global urban scienceCredit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program Urban areas are on the rise ...

Mistletoe sends treemailCredit: Paul Nabity/UCR The plant that encourages kissing at Christmas is in fact a parasite, and new research ...