Invasion: Parasitic Worms Have Armies – Produce More Soldiers to Meet Threats
Study demonstrates for the first time that animal societies can adjust army size to meet threat levels in the wild. In estuaries around the world,…
Study demonstrates for the first time that animal societies can adjust army size to meet threat levels in the wild. In estuaries around the world,…
Scientists discovered dozens of new coral species on a recent voyage along the length of the Great Barrier Reef. A team of scientists completed a…
A new species of land snail, previously unknown to science, was discovered by a group of citizen scientists. They were working together with scientists from…
At least 26 percent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth’s marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found. Dr….
Researchers from AMOLF (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Harvard University (USA) show how the ability of organisms to move around plays a role in stabilizing ecosystems….
High fish diversity is a good indicator of forest health. Think of the Amazon, and you probably think of jaguars, monkeys, or parrots. But many…
University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070. Accurately predicting biodiversity loss…
The tropical region of South America is one of the world’s hot spots when it comes to animal diversity. The region’s extinct fauna is unique,…
Several groups of reptiles persisted in Jurassic Africa even as volcanism ruined their habitat. In southern Africa, dinosaurs and synapsids, a group of animals that…
Almost half of the current food production is harmful to our planet – causing biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and water stress. But as the world…
Citizen science reveals the presence of the flatworms in gardens in three quarters of metropolitan France. One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent…
Habitat loss, pesticide use, and, surprisingly, artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering fireflies across the globe, raising the specter of extinction for…
A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid insects around the world. Parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) are…
Four late Pleistocene-early Holocene skulls from Tulum in Mexico show surprising diversity. Ancient skulls from the cave systems at Tulum, Mexico suggest that the earliest…
Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. This has now been demonstrated experimentally…
Research in the Sierra Nevada region of California illustrates the varying flower choices of bumble bees. Many species of North American bumble bees have seen…
Earth’s Most Biodiverse Ecosystems Face a Perfect Storm A combination of climate change, extreme weather, and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse…
Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused by humans, as new research published today by international conservation…