Tag: Biodiversity

Credit: Michael Boyle For decades, biologists have captured tiny sea star larvae in their nets that did not match the ...

Scientists obtain quantitative number for biomass -- First estimate of its kindCredit: Shiye Zhao, Ph.D. Trillions of plastic debris fragments ...

Scientists deduce what the last common ancestor of irises looked likeCredit: The authors The genus Iris of flowering plants -- ...

Credit: Photo: Nadja Sonntag The "spikelet meristem" (SM) plays a central role during the development of the grass inflorescence. Meristems ...

A team of international scientists have collaborated to propose a series of global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native ...

Credit: ©Kei Sato As of October 2020, SARS-CoV-2 causes an ongoing pandemic, with more than 35 million reported cases and ...

Credit: WANG Gang Banyan trees are fig trees that begin their life as an epiphyte. The most noticeable feature of ...

Credit: University of Plymouth The increased temperature and acidification of our oceans over the next century have been argued to ...

Outbreak provides opportunity to reset economy and reverse ecosystem, species lossesCredit: Pamela McElwee The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to ...

Importance of crabs should be considered when looking at increasing human pressure on Barr Al Hikman nature reserveCredit: ©Jan van ...

Credit: Trinity College Dublin. Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin, working in tropical Southeast Asia, have uncovered a modern-day example of ...

Credit: Photo by Gang Wang CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The banyan fig tree Ficus microcarpa is famous for its aerial roots, ...

Seasonal dietary changes increase the abundances of savanna herbivore speciesCredit: Gareth Hempson/Wits University African savannas are renowned for their huge ...

Credit: Andrey I. Khalaim Scientists at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT) in Mexico recently discovered five new species of ...