Tag: Biodiversity

Domoic acid raises risk of fatal heart disease for otters in a warming oceanCredit: Joe Tomoleoni Heart disease is a ...

Researchers propose necessary corrections in global biodiversity policyCredit: IISD/Mike Muzurakis (enb.iisd.org/biodiv/post2020/oewg/2/24feb.html) Since the founding of the United Nations Convention on ...

Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic ...

Credit: Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen, Aarhus University Although the protein ITIH4 is found in large amounts in the blood, its function ...

Credit: William Precht By 2020, massive losses of large populations of corals have been observed throughout Florida and into the ...

Credit: Nils Rädecker Corals, like all animals, must eat to live. The problem is that most corals grow in tropical ...

Credit: Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com) Scientists have shown where bird species would exist in the absence of human activity under research ...

Researchers show positive effect of urban nature on mental healthCredit: Philipp Kirschner Depression, especially in urban areas, is on the ...

Geologists track caribou using antlers, isotopesCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative Human activities might have shifted the movement of caribou in and ...

A small mouse rediscovered on a volcano that erupted 30 years ago provides hope for wildlife conservation in the PhilippinesCredit: ...

Credit: University of Guam Collective research to date regarding nutrients found in the leaves of contemporary cycad species has been ...

Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature's contributions to humans in order to present a clear breakdown of global trends ...

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current ...

Credit: Southern Seas Ecology Laborator Research from the University of Adelaide has found that some species of fish will have ...

White-nose syndrome predicted to drastically impact hibernating bat species in the WestCredit: Kim Raff BOZEMAN, Montana (January 19, 2021) - ...

Animals and plants take different evolutionary routes to the same chemicalCredit: Kelsey JRP Byers, 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ A novel family of ...

Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife.Credit: Satellite image ...

Credit: Dr Graham Etherington and Dr Tarang Mehta, Earlham Institue (EI) Genetic rewiring could have driven an evolutionary explosion in ...

Interacting with other males is more "stressful" for low-ranking than for high-ranking male spotted hyenasCredit: Oliver Höner/Leibniz-IZW Scientists from the ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean acidification restricts algal communities to a state of low biodiversity and ...