Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor
Credit: Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith, DeepCCZ Project. Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet
26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus ...
Airborne mapping sheds light on climate sensitivity of California redwoods
Credit: Global Airborne Observatory, ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. Throughout California, the effects of climate change are ...
Agricultural conservation schemes not enough to protect Britain’s rarest butterflies
Credit: Katie Threadgill Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the ...
Get your hands dirty for health
Call to restore urban biodiversity, post-pandemicCredit: Flinders University Billions of people using the Earth's resources and changing or destroying ecosystems ...
Are protected areas effective at maintaining large carnivore populations?
Credit: Daniel Burgas-Riera A recent study, led by the University of Helsinki, used a novel combination of statistical methods and ...
Artificial night sky poses serious threat to coastal species
Credit: John Spicer, University of Plymouth The artificial lighting which lines the world's coastlines could be having a significant impact ...
Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for conservation
Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new ...
A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together
Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use ...
Scientists unlock secrets of Ethiopia’s superfood in race to save it from warming climate
Ethiopia's native staple food grain teff is at risk, with 80% of production to be hit by higher temperatures soon ...
Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon, study shows
Credit: Ben Hur Marimon Junior Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the ...
RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe
New team continues fieldwork in the ArcticCredit: Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lisa Grosfeld After a month's absence, on 17 ...
Five steps to stop the death of the most threatened birds of prey
Power lines: a threat to all birds worldwideCredit: Conservation Biology Group (University of Barcelona-IRBio) An article published in the journal ...
Wind farms on the Black Sea coast could endanger bat populations in Eastern Europe
Credit: Christian Voigt, IZW The Via Pontica, an important migration route for birds in Eastern Europe, runs along the Black ...
Study evaluates stress level of rehabilitated sea turtles during transport
Credit: Connie Merigo/New England Aquarium BOSTON, MASS. (June 16, 2020) - A new study co-authored by six scientists with the ...
16 new papers describe discoveries at long-term deep-sea research site off California
Credit: Images © MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA--For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities ...
Agroforestry is ‘win win’ for bees and crops, study shows
First observed evidence that agroforestry boosts pollinator numbers and crop pollination in temperate climatesCredit: Alexa Varah Planting woody plant species ...
NUS researchers uncover mysterious tanaids
Credit: National University of Singapore Tanaids are one of the most underappreciated animals in the world. These small crustaceans can ...
Shining like a diamond: A new species of diamond frog from northern Madagascar
Credit: Mark D. Scherz Despite the active ongoing taxonomic progress on Madagascar's frogs, the amphibian inventory of this hyper-diverse island ...
Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first
Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...