A new world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, ...
Tag: Biodiversity
Scientists find a place on Earth where there is no life
Credit: Puri López-García Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our ...
Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring
Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happyCredit: Michelle Wisdom A study out of the University of Arkansas investigated whether bulbs can ...
Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction
Credit: IRD - Thomas Couvreur Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a ...
Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter "r" ...
Bats in attics might be necessary for conservation
Buildings are vital summer roosting places for little brown bat maternity colonies in Yellowstone National ParkCredit: Photo courtesy of NPS. ...
Konstanz scientists among the world’s most influential
Credit: Gabriel Miller and Tobit Dehnen Two collective behaviour researchers, Professor Iain Couzin and Dr Damien Farine, have been named ...
New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses
Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was ...
A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University ...
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to ...
Antibiotics from the sea
International research team taps potential source of new antibioticsCredit: Christian Jogler Nearly three-quarters of all clinically relevant antibiotics are natural ...
The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures
Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main ...
Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...
Stanford researchers explore how citizens can become agents of environmental change
A blueprint for how to educate people to maximize their impactCredit: U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service If you like ...
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