Tag: Biodiversity

The idea that mass extinctions allow many new types of species to evolve is a central concept in evolution, but ...

Credit: Kristen Brown. A new study shows the coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end ...

New tool will help census oceans, monitor fish, track shifting marine life; "eDNA makes the ocean a sea of biological ...

Catalogue vastly expands global knowledge of plant diversityCredit: Swen Reichhold Leipzig could mean for the future of plant taxonomy what ...

Credit: Janusz Pawliszyn A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks ...

The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they madeCredit: The authors ...

Insilico Medicine announces the first deployment of its flagship generative chemistry AI platform for de novo molecular design, Chemistry42™ on ...

Credit: Suzanne Turnock / Borneo Nature Foundation Conservation of tropical peatlands could reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Can sedimentary DNA technology track the long-term dynamics of macro-organism species?Credit: Michinobu Kuwae, CMES, Ehime University Long-term variability in the ...

Two research teams at the University of Arizona have been selected to lead NASA astrobiology projects under the agency's Interdisciplinary ...

Credit: Courtesy of Pupa Gilbert MADISON, Wis. -- Coral reefs are vibrant communities that host a quarter of all species ...

Credit: Eric Liffmann In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, winging their ...

Credit: Photo credit to Karsten Heuer MISSOULA - Warmer winters, earlier springs, shrinking ice and increased human development - the ...

Scientists are racing to collect and conserve wild banana species; a recent expedition to the epicenter of banana diversity shows ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen are developing a user-friendly method to reconstruct and analyze ...

Credit: Mikko Immonen Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, ...

Credit: City University of Hong Kong A joint-study led by a team of marine ecologists from City University of Hong ...

Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don't we grow and ...

Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of mothsCredit: Ian Lindsay ...

eDNA metabarcoding provides comparable and new insights compared to those of conventional methodsCredit: David Cote, Fisheries and Oceans Canada A ...