Areas of the globe where fruit-eating birds have wider beaks also have larger palm fruits, a new study shows. This sounds banal, but it provides new insights into tropical biodiversity and clues for solving species conservation, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2022
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Local species richness, the number of species that coexist in a local community, is a key measure of biodiversity. Scientists have known for more than 200 years that large numbers of local species live near the equator, then ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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A recent study, published in the journal Conservation Biology, reveals that the investments and resources allotted for conservation only partially tally with the levels of biodiversity in the European Union. Thus, countries ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2017
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More than 2000 renewable energy facilities are built in areas of environmental significance and threaten the natural habitats of plant and animal species across the globe.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2020
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Based on data that span the past 120 years, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to ...
Ecology
Feb 14, 2023
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Madagascar's extinct elephant birds—the largest birds ever to have lived—have captured public interest for hundreds of years. Little is known about them due to large gaps in the skeletal fossil record.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 4, 2023
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The loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate despite decades of research and international policies setting out clear goals in the area. In an article published this week in Nature Sustainability, an international ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2019
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Sothear Chheng has one of the toughest jobs anywhere.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2019
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A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we intervene in the extinction crisis, experts say.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2023
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Conservation gardening—the practice of planting declining native species in urban and rural green spaces—could help to address the increasing issue of plant biodiversity losses in Germany, reports a paper published in ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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