Tag: Biodiversity

Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpää Through a unique research collaboration, researchers at the University of Helsinki have exposed major changes taking place ...

Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates influence of 'greening measures' on pollinatorsCredit: Nicole Beyer About one third ...

Credit: CDC Interferon (IFN) responses are one of the first defenses the body mounts against viral infections, and research has ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba and Kobe University find that the sustained, long-term continuity of grasslands increases plant species ...

Described by the 'father of zoogeography' and co-author of the theories of evolution and natural selection, the species hasn't been ...

Researchers isolated eight novel polyphenols from the rarest type of propolis; two of them were found to inhibit tumor cell ...

Study of Costa Rican rainforest shows national parks are more resilient than expectedCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 9, ...

Giant viruses, like the recently discovered medusavirus, may hold the key to deciphering the evolutionary mystery of the eukaryotic nucleusCredit: ...

Credit: Tobias Andermann Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, ...

Credit: Dr Roman V. Yakovlev An isolated population of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly species: the Arctic Apollo (Parnassius arcticus), turned ...

Professor Teja Tscharntke at University of Göttingen receives British Ecological Society's March AwardCredit: University of Göttingen The agroecologist, Professor Teja ...

According to the first research study addressing evolutionary rates of larval and adult life stages at a large scale, the ...

Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some male butterflies go to extreme lengths to ensure their paternity - sealing ...

Credit: IPK/ Andreas Bähring "I am pleased that two young scientists from the IPK were able to prevail in the ...

Credit: M. Pallmann SMNS / Pallmann A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the ...

Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understandingCredit: Lars Behrendt You might need a ...

Introduced species are reshaping how plants and animals interact in ecosystems worldwideCredit: Steve Attwood As introduced species spread around the ...

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A recently published analysis of data on tagged monarch butterflies migrating ...

Credit: Fred and Jean Hort Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate - a finding a ...

Credit: You Jeong Lee, Sanguk Kim (POSTECH) There are memory cells that remember previously encountered pathogens and help to react ...