Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Credit: Martin Jung, University of Sussex Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as ...
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When reefs die, parrotfish thrive
Researchers find familiar species pave the way for coral regrowthCredit: Kendall Clements In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish ...
Winning images of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
The winning images of 'Capturing Ecology,' the British Ecological Society's annual photography competition, are announcedCredit: Top left (going clockwise): Overall ...
Biodiversity and wind energy
How stakeholders evaluate the green-green dilemma -- and what they think about possible solutionsCredit: Christian Voigt, Leibniz-IZW The replacement of ...
Discovering hidden plant medicines on your doorstep
Credit: Earlham Institute (EI) EI is part of the global effort to sequence the DNA all of the known species ...
Florida Museum’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis elected 2019 AAAS fellows
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Museum of Natural History's Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been ...
Scientists clarify light harvesting in green algae
Credit: Dr. LIU Zhenfeng's group Algae are indispensable because they generate about 50% of primary organic matter and account for ...
Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometres over ocean waters to find food
The migratory routes of a small seabirdCredit: Raül Ramos (UB-IRBio) The Bulwer's petrel reaches more than 1,800 kilometers from the ...
16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite
Credit: N. Robin, C. D'Haese and P. Barden When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that ...
How mantis shrimp make sense of the world
Researchers traced neural connections in a newly discovered brain region of mantis shrimp, gaining new insights into how the fierce ...
A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, ...
Scientists find a place on Earth where there is no life
Credit: Puri López-García Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our ...
Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring
Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happyCredit: Michelle Wisdom A study out of the University of Arkansas investigated whether bulbs can ...
Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction
Credit: IRD - Thomas Couvreur Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a ...
Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter "r" ...
Bats in attics might be necessary for conservation
Buildings are vital summer roosting places for little brown bat maternity colonies in Yellowstone National ParkCredit: Photo courtesy of NPS. ...
Konstanz scientists among the world’s most influential
Credit: Gabriel Miller and Tobit Dehnen Two collective behaviour researchers, Professor Iain Couzin and Dr Damien Farine, have been named ...
New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses
Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was ...
A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University ...
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to ...
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