Biodiversity News
April 24, 2024
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Apr. 19, 2024 What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations. However, this has not been the case with microbial ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 ...
Apr. 17, 2024 During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Florida is projected to lose 3.5 million acres of land to development by 2070. A new study highlights how Florida can buffer itself against both climate change and population pressures by conserving ...
Apr. 16, 2024 New research has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated with stronger improvements in our mental wellbeing compared to spaces with less natural ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Parasites thought only to infect tropical coral reefs have been discovered in a large variety of creatures in cold marine ecosystems along the Northeast Pacific, according to new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 So far, biodiversity and agricultural productivity could not be reconciled because the socio-ecological system of agriculture is highly complex, and the interactions between humans and the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 Ant species living in Boulder's foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new ...
Apr. 10, 2024 A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly ...
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Apr. 9, 2024 Through the ages, the presence of humans has increased the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and has often had a positive effect on their ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's northernmost forests and most significant provider of carbon storage and clean water, could be ...
Apr. 5, 2024 In a recent study, researchers found that 78% of the world's bird species do not thrive in the most modified human-dominated environments. These species are also most likely to have declining ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Frogs display a remarkable diversity of species as a whole, but does the same hold true for their visual abilities? A new study sought to answer this question by collaborating with researchers in ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Many marine protected areas are falling short of their most basic purpose: to rebuild struggling fish populations. In a new study, scientists looked at the age breakdown of reef fish in marine ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Connecting the study of infectious disease spread, biodiversity loss and climate change could offer win-win-win solutions for planetary health, but a new analysis has uncovered almost no research ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A recent study shows that the threat of mining to the great ape population in Africa has been greatly ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Until now, groundwater -- a critical water resource around the globe, especially in dry regions -- has been largely unstudied in its importance and role in sustaining ecosystems. New groundbreaking ...
Apr. 2, 2024 The oldest trees in the forest help to prevent the disappearance of endangered species in the natural environment, according to a new study. This is the case of the wolf lichen -- threatened ...
Apr. 1, 2024 In 2022 and 2023, biologists from research institutes in the UK and the Falkland Islands led two expeditions to South Georgia to study the impacts of invasive species on this cold and rugged ...
Mar. 31, 2024 A new study states that the combination of global warming and extreme heat events, alongside the continued expansion of deforestation in the world, may be devastating for many species of animals, ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Climate change may dramatically affect the animal species observed in North American cities, according to a new ...
Mar. 26, 2024 While Wyoming is home to some of North America's most abundant populations of pronghorn that have largely been stable in recent years, a new analysis shows that many herds are experiencing ...
Mar. 26, 2024 An international team of 25 scientists has proposed a roadmap for how to prevent the next pandemic by conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity, thereby providing animals with enough food, ...
Mar. 25, 2024 When officials make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. But there are several types of diversity, and not all of them overlap ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A product used to control pest slugs on farms in multiple countries is deadly to least one type of native woodland snail endemic to the Pacific Northwest, according to scientists who say more study ...
Mar. 21, 2024 What maintains stability within an ecosystem and prevents a single best competitor from displacing other species from a community? Does ecosystem stability depend upon the presence of a wide variety ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them. For example, leaves ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A new visitor was reported on the coast of Cyprus, thanks to the growing power of citizen science. Researchers collected information and specimens through personal communication with amateur ...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
- The Life Aquatic: A Game Changer for Frog Vision, but Little Difference Between Night and Day
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- With the Planet Facing a 'polycrisis', Biodiversity Researchers Uncover Major Knowledge Gaps
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Demand for Critical Minerals Puts African Great Apes at Risk
- Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater's Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- New Roadmap to Prevent Pandemics Centers on Protecting Biodiversity
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Product That Kills Agricultural Pests Also Deadly to Native Pacific Northwest Snail
- Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Eyes Open and Toes out of Water: How a Giant Water Bug Reached the Island of Cyprus
- Monitoring and Measuring Biodiversity Require More Than Just Numbers; Scientists Advocate for Change
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- The Atlas of Unburnable Oil in the World
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Rice Paddy Snake Diversification Was Driven by Geological and Environmental Factors in Thailand, Molecular Data Suggests
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
- Pronghorn Population Declining Due to Human Development
Monday, March 11, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Reptile Roadkill Reveals New Threat to Endangered Lizard Species
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Loss of Nature Costs More Than Previously Estimated
- Eight New Deep-Sea Species of Marine Sponges Discovered
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Microbes Impact Coral Bleaching Susceptibility
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
- New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep Off Costa Rica
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- How Climate Change Risks Increase at a National Scale as the Level of Global Warming Increases
- Uncertainty in Measuring Biodiversity Change Could Hinder Progress Towards Global Targets for Nature
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Increasingly Similar or Different? Centuries-Long Analysis Suggests Biodiversity Is Differentiating and Homogenizing to a Comparable Extent
- New Evidence Shows UK Solar Parks Can Provide for Bees and Butterflies
- Converting Rainforest to Plantation Impacts Food Webs and Biodiversity
- Genetic Insights and Conservation Challenges of Nara's Sacred Deer
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- 'The Future Is Fungal': New Research Finds That Fungi That Live in Healthy Plants Are Sensitive to Climate Change
- Nature's Checkup: Surveying Biodiversity With Environmental DNA Sequencing
- Scientists May Have Cracked the 'aging Process' In Species
- First-Ever Report of Nesting of Incredibly Rare and Endangered Giant Turtle
Friday, February 16, 2024
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Monday, February 5, 2024
- Small but Mighty -- Study Highlights the Abundance and Importance of the Ocean's Tiniest Inhabitants
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Use It or Lose It: How Seagrasses Conquered the Sea
- Achieving Sustainable Urban Growth on a Global Scale
Thursday, January 25, 2024
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Study Offers Rare Long-Term Analysis of Techniques for Creating Standing Dead Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- A New Perspective on the Temperature Inside Tropical Forests
- Complex Green Organisms Emerged a Billion Years Ago
Monday, January 22, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Scientists, Farmers and Managers Work Together to Avoid the Decline of the Little Bustard, an Endangered Steppe Bird
- Researchers Pump Brakes on 'blue Acceleration' Harming the World Ocean
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Beaches and Dunes Globally Squeezed by Roads and Buildings
- Thermal Vision Shows Endangered Numbats Feel the Heat of Warming Climate
- Ancient Cities Provide Key Datasets for Urban Planning, Policy and Predictions in the Anthropocene
- Unveiling the Reproductive Secrets of Red-Swamp Crayfish
- Record Heat in 2023 Worsened Global Droughts, Floods and Wildfires
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Only 18% of the Global Land Area That Is Needed for Human Well-Being and Biodiversity Is Currently Protected
- 'Carbon Vault' Peat Suffers Greatly from Drought
- Scientists Name the Most Common Tropical Tree Species
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- Nine New Snail Species Discovered in Papua New Guinea, a Biodiversity Hot Spot at Risk
- Scientists Outline a Bold Solution to Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, Social Injustice
Monday, January 8, 2024
Friday, January 5, 2024
- Protected Areas for Elephants Work Best If They Are Connected
- Monitoring the Well-Being of Reservoir Water Through an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- How Technology and Economics Can Help Save Endangered Species
- Five New Species of Soft-Furred Hedgehogs from Southeast Asia
- Insects Already Had a Variety of Defense Strategies in the Cretaceous
- How National Policies Affect Forests in Border Regions
- Tree Plantations Can Get Better With Age -- But Original Habitats Are Best
- World's Smallest 'fanged' Frogs Found in Indonesia
Monday, December 18, 2023
- Global Inventory of Sound Production Brings Us One Step Closer to Understanding Aquatic Ecosystems
- 15 Most Pressing Issues for Conservation, Including Invertebrate Decline and Changing Marine Ecosystems
- Ecosystem Benefits to Humanity Expected to Decline by 9% by 2100
- Coral Atoll Islands May Outpace Sea-Level Rise With Local Ecological Restoration, Scientists Say