French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
Credit: Mick Hanley, University of Plymouth Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly ...
World Wetlands Day: Fostering global biodiversity and mitigating climate change
Interactive story maps illustrate valuable contributions Maritime salt marshes make to our planetCredit: Photo credit: O. Lucanus Though they make ...
The first potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae
Passengers into the coldCredit: UNIVERSITYY OF BARCELONA (UB-IRBio) Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the ...
Zoo improvements should benefit all animals
Credit: Paul Rose Zoo improvements should benefit all animals and include a wide range of "enrichment" techniques, researchers say. Zoos ...
Gene hunting: The power of precision medicine
MU researchers improve animal welfare by discovering genetic mutations that cause diseaseCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Humans and ...
Trees struggle when forests become too small
Fragmented forests a problem for spreading seeds, supporting diversityCredit: Photo: Antti Miettinen Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental problem we ...
Biological diversity as a factor of production
Relationship between the economic value of our ecosystems and biodiversityCredit: K. Baumeister / TUM The main question addressed by the ...
Blind as a bat? The genetic basis of echolocation in bats and whales
Credit: Vishu Vishuma (left), Darin Ashby (right) Clicks, squeaks, chirps, and buzzes...though they may be difficult to distinguish to our ...
Success and failure of ecological management is highly variable
Credit: Easton White BURLINGTON, VT--What do we really know about reasons attributed to the success or failure of wildlife management ...
Tougher start could help captive-bred game birds
Credit: Martin Clay Tougher early lives could help captive-bred game birds develop survival skills for adulthood in the wild, new ...
Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside
Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in ...
Hungry for hutia? Our taste for Bahamas’ ‘most peaceable rodent’ shaped its diversity
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a ...
Second of its kind ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper from Brazil ‘strikes’ with its colouration
Credit: Gabriel Mejdalani When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads, ...
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