At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity's relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human ...
Ecology
Dec 6, 2022
0
5
University of Otago researchers have described a new species of New Zealand gecko, the identification of which was made possible by using a cutting-edge technique on ancient DNA .
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2023
0
13
The great white shark known as Mary Lee is headed north again after spending a number of weeks this winter along the Southeast coast.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2013
0
0
Like something out of a zombie movie, species that were once thought extinct seem to be rising from the dead. Between February 21 and March 4 2019, three notable rediscoveries were announced – the Fernandina Island Galápagos ...
Ecology
Mar 7, 2019
0
5
A new review is the first to describe the scope of threats to bats by invasive species.
Ecology
Aug 30, 2017
0
3
Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it's the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2023
0
20
Three species of reptile on Australia's Christmas Island have been declared extinct in the wild, according to a study released on Tuesday, with scientists baffled as to the cause.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2017
0
4
Although marine sponges are widespread in the oceans, their biodiversity and distribution is still poorly known. Even though the Mediterranean Sea is the most explored sea on Earth, a study by Julio A. Díaz and colleagues, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
0
24
Australia holds an unenviable conservation status: it's the fourth-worst country in the world for species extinctions and is in the top three for critically endangered animals.
Ecology
Oct 28, 2022
0
11
The Cayman Islands has announced it will start culling feral cats to help save a dwindling colony of brown booby birds.
Ecology
Jan 11, 2023
0
5
