Biodiversity News
January 25, 2025
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Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees. The research uses genomic data to understand this keystone species' genetic health and adaptability, help reconstruct its ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Scientists can now identify the most harmful pollutants present in UK waters that are having the biggest impact on biodiversity thanks to pioneering AI ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. They found that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80 per cent by ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the site reveals a thriving mussel bed community that ...
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Jan. 19, 2025 — Ecologists have identified significant ecological risks associated with the release of hybrid groupers into Hong Kong's coastal waters, a practice ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — A new study shows distinct effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure in different bumble bee body parts, explaining why pesticides have diverse harmful effects and highlighting the need for more ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Experts are warning of the risks of spreading invasive and non-native species when moving large volumes of untreated lake, reservoir and river ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Using 22 years of LEMIS data, a recent study explores the dimensions of wildlife trade and obtain one of the most comprehensive overviews to date. The study reveals striking findings: between 2000 ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From ...
Jan. 10, 2025 — To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ...
Dec. 30, 2024 — A new species of black, slender moray eel has chosen the road less traveled, thriving in dim and muddy river mouths, unlike most of its marine ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Using field sensors, various ecological modelling technologies and deep learning algorithms, a French research team has developed a method for ...
Earlier Headlines
Dec. 20, 2024 — Artificial intelligence can provide critical insights into how complex mixtures of chemicals in rivers affect aquatic life -- paving the way for better environmental ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — New research shows that many wildlife species in the U.S., like the endangered giant kangaroo rat, will face much more frequent and severe droughts in the future. By 2050-2080, year-long droughts ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. The team of botanists made the discovery during an ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Leading ecologists have devised a new framework to classify how biodiversity credit operators define what a unit of nature is. The new analysis demonstrates the challenges involved with devising a ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Fast-growing and small-seeded tree species are dominating Brazilian forests in regions with high levels of deforestation and degradation, a new study shows. This has potential implications for the ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — While sustaining friendships from afar can be challenging, they may offer unexpected benefits for environmental conservation. A new study found that these social ties can positively influence ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts, researchers have ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline -- they were partly responsible for 60 percent of the species that have become extinct worldwide in recent ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the landscape, a plowed field or houses a year after that. But deforestation isn't just a loss of ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Could the fungal apocalypse of The Last of Us have roots in reality? A new study shows that climate warming can potentially make bacterial and fungal infections deadlier for cold-blooded animals like ...
Nov. 28, 2024 — Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heatwaves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — A groundbreaking international study shows how chemical fingerprints left by 'underappreciated' aquatic organisms could help scientists monitor global environmental ...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Human Disruption Is Driving 'winner' And 'loser' Tree Species Shifts Across Brazilian Forests
- Long-Distance Friendships Can Provide Conservation Benefits
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Biodiversity at Risk in Most Rainforests
- Climate Change Impacting Freshwater Fish Species
- New Ocean Predator Discovered in the Atacama Trench
Friday, December 6, 2024
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- After Decades of Plantation Agriculture, Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests
- Lifesaver for Wild Bees: The Importance of Quarries
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ecosystems: New Study Questions Common Assumption About Biodiversity
- Island Biodiversity Rides on the Wings of Birds
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Monday, November 25, 2024
- 'Biodiversity Is Not a Luxury': Connection Between Wealth and Ecosystem Health
- Crayfish Map Gives Conservation a Helping Claw
- Managing Forests With Smart Technologies
Thursday, November 21, 2024
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Populations Overheat as Major Cities Fail Canopy Goals
- Climate Change Threatens Rare Temperate Rainforests
Monday, November 18, 2024
- New Model Can Help Understand Coexistence in Nature
- Tree Islands Restore Nature in Oil Palm Plantations
- Bee Alert: Pesticides Pose a Real Threat to Over 70% of Wild Bees
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Biodiversity in the City: Designing Urban Spaces for Humans and Animals
- Rainforest Protection Reduces the Number of Respiratory Diseases
- One or Many? Exploring the Population Groups of the Largest Animal on Earth
- Resilience Index Needed to Keep Us Within Planet's 'safe Operating Space'
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Diverse and Diverging Demands on Forests in Germany
- New Study Reveals Half a Century of Change on Britain's Iconic Limestone Pavements
- Land-Use Policy Rethink Vital to Hit Net Zero
- Frog Populations Once Decimated by Disease Mount a Major Comeback
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Key Ocean Plankton Groups
- New Species Discovered With Refined DNA Technology
- More Evidence That Europe's Ancient Landscapes Were Open Woodlands: Oak, Hazel and Yew Were Abundant
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- More Than One Third of Vietnam's Mammal Species Are at Risk of Extinction, Study Finds
- 'Drowning' Mangrove Forests in Maldives Signal Global Coastal Threat
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Deep-Sea Corals Are Home to Previously Unknown Bacteria With Extremely Small Genomes
- Power of Aesthetic Species on Social Media Boosts Wildlife Conservation Efforts, Say Experts
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Planting Trees in the Arctic Could Make Global Warming Worse, Not Better, Say Scientists
- Plastics Pollution Worsen the Impacts of All Planetary Boundaries
Friday, November 1, 2024
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Three Pathways to Achieve Global Climate and Sustainable Development Goals
- New Genetic Web Tool to Help Restore Climate-Resilient Marine Ecosystems
- Study Shows Natural Regrowth of Tropical Forests Has Immense Potential to Address Environmental Concerns
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Companies and Investors Can Now Get Smarter When It Comes to Nature
- Invasive Plants Drive Homogenization of Soil Microbial Communities Across U.S.
- Giant Clam Declared Critically Endangered After the Latest Assessment
Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Carbon Retention
- Marri Trees a Lifeline for Many Native Bee Species in Biodiversity Hotspot
- New Mapping Techniques Empower Bird Conservation in Colombia
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Gardens Prevent Pollinators from Starving When Farmland Nectar Is Scarce
- Invasive Flathead Catfish Impacting Susquehanna's Food Chain
- Microplastics and PFAS: Combined Risk and Greater Environmental Harm
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
- Smaller, More Specific Academic Journals Have More Sway Over Policy
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Grasslands Live in the Climate Change Fast Lane
- Nitrogen Pollution and Rising Carbon Dioxide: A Joint Threat to Grassland Biodiversity?
- One in Three Plants Call Islands Home: Many at Risk
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek
- New Temperatures in Two Thirds of Key Tropical Forest
- Modern Mass Extinction in an Ecuadorean Cloud Forest Found to Be a Mirage
- Bonobos May Be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought, Suggests Genetics Study
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Red Milkweed Beetle Genome Offers Insight Into Plant-Insect Interactions
- Loss of Lake Ice Has Wide-Ranging Environmental and Societal Consequences
- Early Human Species Benefited from Food Diversity in Steep Mountainous Terrain
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
- Plenty More Fish in the Sea? Environmental Protections Account for Around 10 Percent of Fish Stocks on Coral Reefs
- Low Stream Diatom Biodiversity Potentially Decreasing Stream Oxygen Production in Remote Islands
Thursday, October 3, 2024
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Monday, September 30, 2024
- Coral Reef Destruction a Threat to Human Rights
- Megadiverse Flowering Plant Family on Isolated Islands
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Return of the Elephants Seals: From a Few to Thousands
- Forest Loss Forces Langur Species to Interbreed
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Grazing Zooplankton Severely Impacted by Nanoplastic Particles
- Who Lives in the Treetops? DNA-Collecting Drone Provides Insights
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- 'Invisible Forest' Of Algae Thrives as Ocean Warms
- These Tadpoles Have Discovered a Unique Way of Not Contaminating Their Water Supply: Not Pooping
- Fossils from the Adriatic Sea Show a Recent and Worrying Reversal of Fortunes
Monday, September 23, 2024
- Extreme Polar Light Environment of the North and South Poles Sustains Biodiversity
- Deeper Corals May Help Shallow Reefs Recover in the Florida Keys
Friday, September 20, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk from Human Impacts
- Another New Wasp Species Discovered
- Scientists Urge New Conservation Approach to Save Vulnerable Species from Climate Change Impacts
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- Soil Footprint: A Simple Indicator of a Crop's Impact on Soil Erosion
- Pollen Affects Cloud Formation and Precipitation Patterns
- Scientists from 33 European Countries Join Forces to Generate Reference Genomes for the Continent's Rich Biological Diversity