Striking a balance: Trade-offs shape flower diversity
An international research team led by a researcher from the University of Tsukuba proposes that catering to different visitors has ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Conservation concern as alien aphid detected on Kangaroo Island
Credit: S. Kakko and S. Petit An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island ...
Why are some fish warm-blooded? Predatory sharks gain speed advantage
Credit: Diego Camejo (Beneath the Waves). New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until ...
A future ocean that is too warm for corals might have half as many fish species
Credit: Davide Seveso Predicting the potential effects of coral loss on fish communities globally is a fundamental task, especially considering ...
Parasites manipulate praying mantis’s polarized-light perception, causing it to jump into water
Credit: Takuya Sato Researchers have revealed that praying mantis (mantids) infected with parasitic hairworms are attracted to horizontally polarized light ...
Air pollution from wildfires impacts ability to observe birds
Credit: Kari Greer/U.S. Forest Service As smoky air becomes more common during Washington's wildfire season, many wildlife enthusiasts wonder: What ...
How we measure biodiversity can have profound impacts on land-use
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University The world's human population is expanding, which means even more agricultural land will be needed ...
Unusual prey: Spiders eating snakes
There are spiders that eat snakes; observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Two researchers from Basel ...
New tools for pandemic prevention research: DNA sequencing from water and leech
Credit: Andrew Tilker/Leibniz-IZW In a new scientific investigation headed by the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), ...
A new site for banana-related research
The Alliance-managed website MusaNet collects and shares global resources on banana (Musa) across the whole value chain - from collecting ...
These sea anemones have a diverse diet. And they eat ants
A study describes the gut contents of giant plumose anemones off the coast of the state of WashingtonCredit: Credit: Christopher ...
The origins of farming insects
Ambrosia fungi cultivated by beetles for more than 100 million yearsCredit: Bjarte Jordal, University of Bergen (Norway) A beetle bores ...
Bird migration takes plants in wrong direction to cope with climate change
Credit: David Chapman Migratory birds carry most seeds in the wrong direction to help plants cope with climate change, new ...
We must transform the food system to achieve climate and sustainable development goals
A revolutionary approach to nourishing 10 billion people on a hotter planet without destroying the ecosystems on which we all ...
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