Tag: Biodiversity

NSF-funded IsoBank to serve as a powerful, new resource for researchers who use stable isotope analysis to understand the worldCredit: ...

Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London Sailors' yarns about the Kraken, a giant sea-monster lurking in the ...

San Diego Natural History Museum paleontologist describes a dinosaur that is new to science, offers view into dinosaur-bird evolutionCredit: Ashley ...

Credit: Ami Vitale In August 2019 a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white ...

Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential ...

Credit: Kari Kaunisto A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid ...

Collectively, environmental stakeholders are just as smart as scientific expertsCredit: Photo: Florian Moellers How can the complex relationships between wildlife, ...

Credit: University of Otago World leaders in reptile and amphibian research say there is an urgent international need to acknowledge ...

Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University It is an open question how we can ensure that our crop plants remain productive ...

Harvesting of male fish near Marine Protected Areas affects sex-changing species differently from fixed-sex speciesCredit: Photo courtesy of Scott Hamilton. ...

New study assessed 20K terrestrial species finding that 85 percent are now exposed to intense human pressureCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS ...

Awarded in recognition of extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the areas of biological oceanography, marine biology, or marine ecologyCredit: ...

Credit: Jake Socha If you jump out of bed too quickly, you might feel a bit light-headed. That's because when ...

Credit: David Barnes @BAS A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over ...

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at riskCredit: Andrew Shantz, Penn State Selective fishing can disrupt ...

A genomics tool can determine whether twins maintained identical gut strains, even after living apart for years.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Credit: Ryan Crutchfield/FishMap.org GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater ...

Marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea are home to more fish species, with the greatest gains found among species ...

A study of 15 South Tyrolean waterways shows that the presence of extensive pastures increases biodiversity in streams and riversCredit: ...

Credit: The University of Queensland The protection of Australia's threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if ...