New Research Shows Extinctions During Human Era Worse Than Previously Thought
A new and more precise recalculation of the normal background extinction rate reveals that the rate of extinction in the human era is as much…
Wildlife Biology
Origin of the Turtle Shell
A newly published study from Yale University researchers looks at the origin of the turtle shell, shedding new light on how the turtle shell evolved….
Biodiversity and Disease Risk for Humans
A newly published study pokes holes in widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans, finding that the links…
Kayan Loris, A Newly Discovered Species of Slow Loris
The primate genus Nycticebus contains a group called slow lorises, which is closely related to lemurs, and can be found across South East Asia. Recently,…