Efforts to conserve biodiversity in the UK, Belgium and Netherlands may be working, despite the widespread perception that wildlife is in terminal decline, a new study suggests.

Biology - Ecology

May 23, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers led by the University of Leeds and the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in the Netherlands ...

Biology - Ecology

May 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Parts of the farm landscape that look overgrown and 'scruffy' are more important in supporting wildlife than they first appear, according to new research published today in Ecology Letters.

Biology - Ecology

May 20, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 1

Plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack, UK scientists have discovered.

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially ...

Biology - Ecology

May 05, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

A University of Leeds-led study, published in the journal Ecology Letters, overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Billions of trees killed in the wake of mountain pine beetle infestations, ranging from Mexico to Alaska, have not resulted in a large spike in carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, contrary ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 23 |

(Phys.org) —Catching rides on cargo ships and fishing boats, many invasive species are now covering our shorelines and compromising the existence of our native marine life.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 22, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

More than three quarters of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from animals, according to the World Health Organization.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Romanticised in poetry, the wandering albatross is famed for its enormous wing-span and long life. The bird can often live to 50 years and beyond.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 13, 2013 not rated yet 1

African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer published online by Ecology Letters on Tuesday, March 5. ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new report published today concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Previous studies have shown that carnivores can have indirect positive effects on each other, which means that when one species is lost, others could soon follow. A team from the University of Exeter and the University of ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

Knowing the temperatures that viruses, bacteria, worms and all other parasites need to grow and survive could help determine the future range of infectious diseases under climate change, according to new ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Alpine cushion plants help other plants in harsh mountain environments to survive. This is shown by new research involving researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, the results of which are now ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 18, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |