Tag: Biodiversity

A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have ...

MADISON, Wis. -- In August 2016, areas of Yellowstone National Park that burned in 1988 burned again. Shortly after, in ...

Historic climate change events can have a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of a species, reveals a new study ...

Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University The caterpillars of Lymantria dispar or Gypsy Moth are voracious eaters capable of defoliating ...

Ecologist Prof. Ulrich Brose of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) has ...

Modern weapons, commercial hunting, fragmented landscapes impacting local subsistence hunters in Neotropical rain forestsCredit: Galo Zapata-Rios/WCS Scientists with the Universidad ...

SIOP fellow Michele Gelfand elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesCredit: SIOP Michele J. Gelfand, Distinguished University Professor in ...

International research team including University of Göttingen analyses tree regrowth across Latin AmericaCredit: Dylan Craven Tropical forests are being deforested ...

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institute have proposed a 'demographic safe space' for Asian elephants, to improve conservation of these and ...

Newly published research articles demonstrate numerous innovative features to the benefit of readers, authors and all other usersCredit: ARPHA and ...

Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older onesCredit: UC ...

Understanding the patterns underlying vegetation distribution is vital for creating predictive models to forecast responses of natural systems to global ...

Agricultural ecologists at the University of Göttingen call for joined-up thinking for nature conservationCredit: Laura Sutcliffe In nature conservation and ...

Researchers of the University of Malaga (UMA) evidence the protective role of the microorganisms 'Bacillus subtilis' and 'Pseudomonas' when they ...

Mysterious larvae found in Panama's two oceansCredit: Credit: Michael Boyle Under the microscope, sea water reveals the larval stages of ...

The way humans use land across the British Isles has changed beyond recognition during the past 8,000 years. But what ...

Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old. ...

Spread of wild pigs across Canada is emerging crisis for agriculture and environmentCredit: Ryan Brook, University of Saskatchewan Wild pigs ...

Researchers break down DNA of world's largest mammals to discover how whales defy the cancer oddsWhales, which live longer than ...

Compelling research reveals fatal spread of Ranavirus will increase if carbon emissions are not reducedCredit: Greg Hitchock Climate change has ...