Tag: Biodiversity

Special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences explores current research and challenges in investigating plant root systemsCredit: Image credit Huskey ...

Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies in developing countries. He combines techniques ...

Credit: Jennifer Weathered/Utah State University The common perception that pesticides reduce or eliminate target insect species may not always hold. ...

The pervasive myth that intensive breeding has made modern wheat cultivars weaker and more dependent on pesticides and fertilisers is ...

Credit: Deniz Mengulluoglu, Nurten Salikara Little is known about the biology and the genetic status of the Caucasian Lynx (Lynx ...

Between 2001 to 2015, 160 million hectares of forest were lost in the tropics due to human activities, threatening primate ...

Credit: Simon Morley Oxygen concentrations in both the open ocean and coastal waters have declined by 2-5% since at least ...

Video of paramo moving up and down mountainsides puts climate change in contextCredit: Catalina Giraldo A new video shows how ...

Formula could tell ecologists which species will come to their own 'behavioral rescue'Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 14, ...

Study cites elephant reintroduction programs as a model for wildlife releases Increasing the success of wildlife translocations is critical, given ...

Credit: Shutao Chen A better understanding of terrestrial flux dynamics will come from elucidating the integrated effects of climate and ...

The microbial mix inside some lemurs' guts is dictated by what species they are and where they liveCredit: David Haring, ...

Credit: Artwork by Katrina Kenny Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites ...

Credit: Sophie Hedges A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild ...

Project will focus on microbial interactions with wheatCredit: Becky Kirkland, NC State University Research suggests that microbes in the soil, ...

Six different 'color morphs' of the Asiatic golden cat discovered in India's Arunachal PradeshCredit: ZSL Six different colour morphs of ...

An understanding of community issues can be as valuable as knowing the ecology of an area when making environmental decisions, ...

Credit: Richard Sherley Giant petrels will be "temporary" winners from the effects of climate change in the Antarctic region - ...

Credit: Birgit Rhode In an unexpected discovery from the South Island (New Zealand), two species of narrowly distributed macro-moths were ...

Scientists discover a candidate for a potential new 'family' of enzymes that break down carbohydratesCredit: Tokyo University of Science A ...