Tag: Biodiversity

Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plantCredit: Kenji Suetsugu Balanophora have some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, ...

Gene product catalyzes the production of glycerol, helping algae to survive in an extreme environmentCredit: Rachael Morgan-Kiss Glycerol, used in ...

Credit: Adam Toomes Unsustainable trade of species is a major pathway for the introduction of invasive alien species at distant ...

Reproductive function of female butterflies burdens their capabilities for long-distance flight, which may affect populations in a changing, uncertain worldCredit: ...

Credit: Photo: Belinda Ferrari In their first follow-up to a high-profile 2017 study which showed microbes in Antarctica have a ...

Shipwreck harbors a rich spatially structured microbial communityCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs and provide ...

Credit: Krushnamegh Kunte Butterflies show several different types of movement. They can seasonally migrate long distances over hundreds of kilometres. ...

Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife ...

Credit: Leon Weaver Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa's Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have just ...

Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to fellow swans than other birds, new research shows. The study examined three swan ...

Credit: University of Kansas Marketing Communications LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- In a new study, Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor and colleagues ...

First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolutionCredit: Photo courtesy of Juliana Vianna From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to ...

Credit: Lawrence E. Reeves Running into an unseen spiderweb in the woods can be scary enough, but what if you ...

Credit: Wilhelm Osterman Does urbanisation drive bumblebee evolution? A new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the German ...

Credit: Picture: Luke/Lari Veneranta The joint study of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and University of Jyväskylä estimated the ...

Large data analysis reveals pitfalls of focusing on abrupt ecosystem chancesCredit: University of Oldenburg Many policies tackling the consequences of ...

Credit: Xiaoya Ma If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the ...

Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. ­- Bird biodiversity is rapidly declining in the U.S. The overall ...

Credit: Credit: Ursala Rack A New Zealand-led international study of the crabeater seal population in Antarctica aims to understand environmental ...

Researchers to sequence and assemble genome of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini, a highly destructive fungal parasite infecting flaxCredit: Peter the ...