Tag: Biodiversity

January 27, 2020

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that not only do ...

19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems

January 27, 2020

Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, ...

How Chinese opera masks compare to spider evolution

Biologist sees surprising parallels between dramatic art and natureCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To better understand how animals like ...

The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists

Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of ...

Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires new approach

Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in ScienceCredit: Pixabay Computer modelling and long-term ecological ...

Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries

Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees ...

Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem

Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...

Large marine parks can save sharks from overfishing threat

Credit: Andy Mann 'No-take' marine reserves - where fishing is banned - can reverse the decline in the world's coral ...

Global warming could have a negative impact on biodiversity generation processes

This is one of the conclusions of an international study focused on the causes of the evolutionary success of Carex, ...

How old are they? Some non-photosynthetic orchids consist of dead wood

Credit: Kobe University Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that ...

Here, there and everywhere: Large and giant viruses abound globally

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant virusesCredit: Zosia Rostomian/Berkeley Lab While the microbes in a ...

Life’s Frankenstein beginnings

New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thoughtCredit: Don Kawahigashi/Unsplash ...

Fungal diversity and its relationship to the future of forests

Credit: Kabir Peay If you indulge in truffles, or porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, you have enjoyed a product of ectomycorrhizal ...

Autoimmunity may explain why an important immune system is absent in many bacteria

Credit: Ellinor O. Alseth New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for ...

Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events

Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events Plant, caterpillar, parasitoid interaction studied for 22 years by ...

‘Treasure trove’ of new discoveries highlights gaps in coral knowledge

Credit: Credit to Jeremy Horowitz/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Scientists discovered dozens of new coral species on ...

Platypus on brink of extinction

Credit: UNSW Science Australia's devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with ...

Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster open science & sustainability

Credit: Viticulture Data Journal and ARPHA Platform Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and ...

Discovery of beneficial fungal taxa may help restore native plant in the PNW

Credit: Gretchen Freed, Daniel Schlatter, Timothy Paulitz, and Frank Dugan Camas, a seed-producing forb, grows in prairie and wetland habitats ...

Insecticides are becoming more toxic to honey bees