Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine ...
Tag: Biodiversity
New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior
Credit: Misaki Ouchida A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural ...
Losing ground in biodiversity hotspots worldwide
Agriculture, urban sprawl destroying biologically important areasCredit: Francesco Cherubini/NTNU Between 1992 and 2015, the world's most biologically diverse places lost ...
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation, wildlife trade; tax high pandemic-risk activities; 540,000 - 850,000 unknown ...
Male fin whales surprise scientists by swapping songs
Fin whales vary their song structure and pick up new songs from other whale groups, study suggestsCredit: Regina Guazzo Until ...
Study finds seabird ecosystem shift in Falkland islands
Credit: Dulcinea Groff Seabird populations in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean are facing direct and indirect impacts of climate ...
Habitat loss is bad news for species – especially for top predators
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, have simulated what happens in ecosystems when the habitats of different ...
Climate change drives plants to extinction in the Black Forest in Germany, study finds
Credit: Thomas Sperle Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to ...
SeaAhead and New England Aquarium announce BlueSwell incubator’s first cohort of startups
Six companies focused on ocean sustainability and global resilience will enter the program in NovemberCredit: SeaAhead BOSTON, MASS. (October 28, ...
Antarctica yields oldest fossils of giant birds with 21-foot wingspans
Two fossils from a group of extinct seabirds represent the largest individuals ever foundCredit: Copyright Brian Choo Fossils recovered from ...
Biodiversity monitoring programmes need a culture of collaboration
Integration of contributors promotes the quantity and quality of dataCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ Ecological monitoring is the recording of biological diversity ...
Endangered trees in Guam contribute to ecosystem diversity and health
Credit: University of Guam Research at the University of Guam has shown that the decomposition of leaf litter from three ...
Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
Credit: Doug Peterson One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over ...
Timeline of early eukaryotic evolution unveiled
Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been ...
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