Tag: Biodiversity

Warming and increased precipitation tests the resilience of soil seed banks against harm done by climate changeCredit: Photo courtesy of ...

The do’s and don’ts of monitoring many wildlife species at once

UMass Amherst ecologists name pitfalls of older methods and recommend best practicesCredit: UMass Amherst/K. Devarajan AMHERST, Mass. - A new ...

When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’

Menagerie of several species to monitor habitat health offers better conservation outcomesCredit: Nathan Skolski With habitat loss threatening the extinction ...

Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought

Study of local adaptation provides important insights into evolutionary forcesCredit: Photo credit: Anna Hargreaves Species adapt to their local climates, ...

Scientists call on government to increase ambition to save our ocean

Credit: Lauren Porter, University of Plymouth In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean ...

Climate change will cause a loss of olive production in Andalusia

February 24, 2020

Credit: Universidad de Córdoba We do not have to look as far away as the glaciers in Norway, the fires ...

Fossils help identify a lone ‘bright spot’ in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact

February 21, 2020

Credit: Aaron O'Dea Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered a massive, 7,000-year-old fossilized coral reef near the ...

Fossilized wing gives clues about Labrador’s biodiversity during the Cretaceous

February 21, 2020

McGill researchers discovery a new species of hairy cicadaCredit: Alexandre V. Demers-Potvin A fossilised insect wing discovered in an abandoned ...

Tools used to study human disease reveal coral disease risk factors

February 21, 2020

Credit: Dane Hallam In a study published in Scientific Reports, a team of international researchers led by University of Hawai'i ...

The University of Tennessee System announces One Health Initiative

Effort to focus on animal, environmental issues with implications for human healthCredit: Tory Salvador, UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University ...

Diversifying traditional forest management to protect forest arthropods

Forest arthropods and rivers: an unknown connectionCredit: Antoni Serra, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-CRBA The structure of vegetation and steam distance are ...

DNA from ancient packrat nests helps unpack Earth’s past

New study uses environmental DNA sequencing technique to show ecological changes since last Ice AgeCredit: © Julio Betancourt New work ...

Citizen scientists discover a new snail, name it after Greta Thunberg

Credit: Taxon Expeditions - Pierre Escoubas A new to science species of land snail was discovered by a group of ...

Global relationships that determine bird diversity on islands uncovered