Tag: Biodiversity

January 30, 2019

Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical speciesCredit: Andrea Egizi and co-authors. ...

Why large forest fires may not be a big threat to some endangered animals

January 29, 2019

A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that certain endangered owls may continue to persist and even flourish ...

Road proximity may boost songbird nest success in tropics

January 29, 2019

Credit: Rongrong Angkaew In the world's temperate regions, proximity to roads usually reduces the reproductive success of birds, thanks to ...

Haiti's first-ever private nature reserve created to protect imperiled species

Airline CEO, professor, conservation groups join Grand Bois effortCredit: S. Blair Hedges In a race against time, an American professor ...

Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria

Largest phages ever found in humans target bacteria associated with hunter-gatherer diets Viruses plague bacteria just as viruses like influenza ...

For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side

That cute lemur selfie you shared may be fueling the illegal pet trade in MadagascarCredit: Photo courtesy of Pet Lemur ...

New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal

Credit: João Trovão To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and ...

GPS-GSM technology for the long journey of the Egyptian vulture, an endangered species

Tracking the vultures: a great team workCredit: Conservation Biology Group (University of Barcelona-IRBio) Therefore, during the breeding season in 2018, ...

Birds-of-paradise genomes target sexual selection

New genomic data from 5 birds-of-paradise reveal genes that are shaped by selection and help explain the origin of their ...

Drier mountains pose a double whammy for cold-adapted amphibians, says SFU study

Credit: SFU A species of frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest faces a 50 per cent increase in the probability ...

Researchers discover record-breaking salamander

Credit: Nicholas Gladstone/University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Researchers at UT have discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North ...

Flounders in the Gulf of Finland: Decline caused by the near disappearance of one species

Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in fishery landings of an iconic Baltic Sea fish: ...

First confirmed cases of rabbit virus found in UK hares

Collaborative research led by the University of East Anglia has identified one of the causes of recent deaths in UK ...

Crocodiles have complex past

January 24, 2019

New study says modern-day crocodiles and alligators came from variety of surroundings A new study throws into question the notion ...

Newcomers play cryptic

January 24, 2019

The impacts of invasive species are often difficult to predictCredit: James Harding New Zealand and other islands have experienced invasions ...

When coral species vanish, their absence can imperil surviving corals

Credit: Georgia Tech / Cody Clements Waves of annihilation have beaten coral reefs down to a fraction of what they ...

When species compete, physical structures and ecological relationships matter

University of Oregon researchers use supercomputer simulations to clarify the science of competitive exclusion EUGENE, Ore. - Jan. 23, 2019 ...

Conservation efforts help some rare birds more than others, study finds

Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Land conservation programs that have converted tens of thousands ...

Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?

Telling similar animals apart challenges even the expertsCredit: James Gagnon Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of ...

How male dragonflies adapt wing color to temperature