Tag: Biodiversity

New research on damselflies in northern Africa suggests that females may facilitate the reproductive success of inferior males when their ...

Genetic testing developed by MU scientists could aid in developing new and healthier dietsCredit: University of Missouri Human genetic testing ...

Small mammals, including weasels, mink, and chipmunks, are using vegetated medians for foraging in Canada Vegetated highway medians are a ...

International group of microbiologists cautions against dangers of leaving microbes out of the climate change equation When it comes to ...

Wind and warmth can improve travel time for the billions of insects worldwide that migrate each year, according to a ...

Credit: Daniel Cartamil Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world's oceans, new research ...

What is the natural world worth? Can you put a price on birdsong? These are among the questions to be ...

Credit: Wangzhen Zhang Specimens kept in the collection of the Institute of Beneficial Insects at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry ...

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The National Science Foundation has awarded a CAREER grant to ...

Mushrooms: Darker fruiting bodies in cold climates The fly agaric with its red hat is perhaps the most evocative of ...

Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science ...

On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs ...

Credit: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts, ...

Credit: Rainer Simonis / Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald "Bark beetles lay waste to forests" - "Climate change sends beetles into overdrive" ...

Credit: Huang Danwei Global sea levels are expected to rise by at least half a metre by the year 2100 ...

Genome sequence data from three jellyfish species reveal evolutionary mechanisms of unique jellyfish traits and venomous toxinsCredit: Allen Collins An ...

Findings can help guide surveillance and prevent deadly outbreaksCredit: Rajib Islam (Millbrook, NY) Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus ...

Immediate, science-based community action can mitigate insect declineCredit: Julia Harencar This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a ...

After the collapse of the blockchain bubble a number of research organisations are developing platforms to enable individual ownership of ...

Credit: UBC Media Relations A big data study covering more than 7,500 households across 23 tropical countries shows that natural ...