As negotiations before the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) take place, international research has quantified the impact of human consumption on species extinction risk.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2022
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Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened—compared with 195 a decade ago—and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2021
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Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a surprising pattern in how life reemerges from cataclysm. Research published Oct. 6 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows the usual rules of body size evolution change ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2021
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Marine bivalves are an important component of our global fishery, with over 500 species harvested for food and other uses. Our understanding of their potential vulnerability to extinction lags behind evaluation of freshwater ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2020
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One million years ago, the extinction of large-bodied plant-eaters changed the trajectory of life on Earth. The disappearance of these large herbivores reshaped plant life, altered fire regimes across Earth's landscapes, ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2020
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In Channel Islands National Park off the coast of California lives the island scrub jay, a vivid blue and gray songbird with a species population of around 1,700. The rare species makes its home exclusively on Santa Cruz ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2020
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The way animals compete and choose within their struggle to reproduce could have big consequences for extinction risk, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Evolution
Jun 19, 2020
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Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals.
Ecology
Feb 26, 2020
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A new fossil study from Stanford University shows extinction was unexpectedly common among smaller sea creatures in the deep past.
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2020
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The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also delivered heavy blows to biodiversity and ecosystem function.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2020
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