Tag: Biodiversity

University of Göttingen research team investigates influence on meat qualityCredit: Juliane Fellner, University of Göttingen Current practices of the poultry ...

Halt post-disturbance logging in forests

Credit: (Photo: Simon Thorn / University of Wuerzburg) Storms, fires, bark beetles: Many forests around the world are increasingly affected ...

Study shows impact of climate change on Neotropical freshwater ecosystems

Researchers from six countries in the Americas explored bromeliad microcosms, showing how drought and flood affect the functioning of aquatic ...

UBCO researchers concerned about prey and predator species in post-fire logging areas

Salvage harvesting damages vital habitat for wildlife speciesCredit: Photo credit Angelina Kelly. New research from UBC Okanagan shows that salvage ...

Scientists predict potential spread, habitat of invasive Asian giant hornet

Credit: Photo courtesy WSDA PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have predicted how and where the Asian giant hornet, ...

Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos

Credit: Alexander Georgiev GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a ...

Entomologists from SPbU discover a rare species of tropical Heteroptera with long antennae

It was named Tatupa grafei and classified as belonging to plant bugs (Miridae)Credit: SPbU The Heteroptera are a large group ...

Warming ocean, old-forest loss put a squeeze on an elusive seabird

Credit: Photo courtesy OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options ...

Just add water: Biodiversity resurgence in effluent-fed desert riverbeds

Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of ...

Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for Australian fairy circles

International research team led by Göttingen University shows patterned vegetation regenerates by "ecosystem engineering" of the grassesCredit: S Getzin, University ...

Jellyfish with your chips?

September 21, 2020

Credit: The University of Queensland Jellyfish could replace fish and chips on a new sustainable takeaway menu to help keep ...

Evolutionary paths: Scientists have found new patterns in protein evolution

September 18, 2020

Credit: A. V. Stolyarova, et al/ Nature Communications A group of scientists from Russia studied the trends in the evolution ...

Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite continues northward Pacific expansion

September 17, 2020

Credit: Amanda Bemis and Gustav Paulay/Florida Museum CALVERT ISLAND, British Columbia --- Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in ...

Curbing land clearing for food production is vital to reverse biodiversity declines