Tag: Biodiversity

Credit: Ariel Friedenreich It's not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United ...

Credit: M. Saint Jalme Large carnivores (e.g. bears, big cats, wolves and elephant seals) and zoos should be utilised as ...

Credit: WANG Yunquan With intensifying human activity, many species are threatened with extinction. However, many other species have expanded their ...

Measures of genetic diversity of a fruit bat common in Singapore decreased 30-fold over the last 90 yearsCredit: ©2013 Simon ...

Researchers find signatures of deep past in biodiversity patterns todayCredit: Figure courtesy of John Rowan/UMass Amherst HOUSTON -- (Dec. 16, ...

Credit: RHS Non-native plants are providing new homes for Britain's insects - some of which are rare on native plants, ...

Credit: Zachary Randall/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- At first glance, Garra surinbinnani looks like a stout, brown minnow with the ...

Targeted measures can help to avert this dangerCredit: Robynne Prinsloo The fragmentation of natural habitats by fences and human settlements ...

Credit: University of Bern, Image: Ramon Lehmann Rapid biodiversity losses, accelerated climate change, and a growing demand for land resources ...

Credit: Daniel Hallen/USask SASKATOON--The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you ...

Largest-ever study analyzing cells' individual blueprints reveals new patterns in the global distribution and diversity of ocean microbesCredit: Bigelow Laboratory ...

International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise ...

A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary ...

Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one ...

Sergey Ermilov, a researcher from Tyumen State University, discovered and described a new species of oribatid mites that lives on ...

Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, ...

Credit: Alejandro Tagliafico Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. ...

No matter the color of the lightCredit: Stefan Greif Artificial light influences the behaviour of many nocturnal animals such as ...

Findings from ARU project could help to protect solitary, ground-nesting beesCredit: Dr Thomas Ings, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) The UK's ...

Credit: Victoria Inman Drones with cameras might be a nuisance to privacy in the suburbs, but in Southern Africa they ...