Biodiversity

Animals and plants take different evolutionary routes to the same chemicalCredit: Kelsey JRP Byers, 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ A novel family of enzymes in butterflies produces as an anti-aphrodisiac…

Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife.Credit: Satellite image (c) 2020 Maxar Technologies For the first time, scientists have successfully used…

White-nose syndrome predicted to drastically impact hibernating bat species in the WestCredit: Kim Raff BOZEMAN, Montana (January 19, 2021) - A four-year study recently published in Ecology and Evolution concludes that the fungal…

Credit: Dr Graham Etherington and Dr Tarang Mehta, Earlham Institue (EI) Genetic rewiring could have driven an evolutionary explosion in the shapes, sizes and adaptations of cichlid fish, in East Africa's answer to Darwin's Galapagos…

Difference by the year 2100 expected to impact global biodiversity, food security Irvine, Calif. -- Future climate change will cause a regionally uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt - a narrow band of heavy precipitation near the…

UC Berkeley conservationist discovers the first evidence of visual communication among tropical glass frogs Berkeley -- Most frogs emit a characteristic croak to attract the attention of a potential mate. But a few frog species that call…

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean acidification restricts algal communities to a state of low biodiversity and complexityCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Out with the old, in with the new, as…

Having genitals of a certain shape and size gives male flies a major reproductive advantage, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists examined the reproductive success of male Drosophila simulans flies both alone with a female…

Credit: University of Exeter Just like humans trying to stick to New Year's resolutions, guppies have varying levels of self-control, a new study shows. Researchers from the University of Exeter and Ghent University studying the…

Credit: Noce, S., Caporaso, L. & Santini, M. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators. Sci Data 7, 398 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00726-5 Creative Commons License: CC BY... Climate change impacts, affecting…

Credit: Photo credit: Gan Cheong Weei. Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry - mimicking a poisonous species - as a defense against predators. The common palmfly, Elymnias hypermnestra (a species of satyrine…

Credit: Robert Lücking GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its original collectors, the lichen is only known from 32…

Researchers call for greater consideration of soil biodiversity and functions in international conservation strategiesCredit: Carlos Guerra If you asked people which group of animals is the most abundant on earth, hardly anyone…

Now there are fiveCredit: Rio the Photographer Happy end to a challenging year: Two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas - now there are five The international consortium of scientists and conservationists that…

A trap for plastics in coastal areasCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Posidonia oceanica seagrass -an endemic marine phanerogam with an important ecological role in the marine environment- can take and remove plastic materials…

Credit: Nicole Matson NEW YORK (January 14) -- A new study co-authored by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Global Conservation Program and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry…

Never-before-seen behavior culminates in a synchronized zap of eels' prey, raising new questions about how they communicateCredit: Bastos, D. et al. 2021 and Animate Your Science Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin,…

Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpaa Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a research group from the University of Helsinki…

Credit: Alexander Forryan New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop, with only modest rainfall and vegetation, is able to sustain its unique wildlife habitats. The…

Honeybees have been helping researchers from the National Botanic Garden of Wales track how the UK's fields, hedgerows, wild spaces and gardens have changed since the 1950s.Credit: Steffan John Honeybee historians might seem like a…