Biodiversity

Credit: L. Hamelbeck-Galle/stadtwildtiere.at Urban habitats are becoming increasingly more important for several wildlife species. Foxes, for example, have become successful inhabitants of urban areas in recent years. The research team…

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute A spectacular new hydrothermal vent field, named JaichMatt, has been discovered during an expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor. The vents were identified using Monterey Bay…

Credit: Michigan State University Michigan State University scholar Andrea Glassmire and her colleagues have revealed how the mixture of chemical weapons deployed by plants keeps marauding insects off base better than a one-note defense.…

Thirty-seven experts from 14 countries are gathering at the Cistercian Monastery in Heilsbronn - Nuremberg from December 14 to 18 to discuss conservation options for coastal and riverine species of dolphins that are experiencing…

Scientists introduce ORTHOSCOPE, a new web-based tool capable of inferring gene function, estimating gene trees and identifying sets of ancestral genes in just minutesCredit: OIST Gene trees, much like family trees, trace the lineage of a…

Credit: Picture: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Scientists have identified 66 alien plant and animal species, not yet established in the European Union, that pose the greatest potential threat to biodiversity and…

Method shows around-the-clock interactions, gives insight into hummingbird healthCredit: Don Preisler/UC Davis Beep" is not a sound you expect to hear coming from a hummingbird feeder. Yet "beeps" abounded during a study…

New research investigates whether dialect differences might indicate new speciesCredit: @ AMNH/K. Provost New research suggests that populations of the Northern Cardinal --one of the most ubiquitous backyard birds in the United States--…

Thousands of images collected from the US, India, Mexico and Kenya showed 83 mammal species, including 12 threatened or endangeredCredit: eMammal (RALEIGH, N.C.) -- Children all over the world are learning science by collecting data and…

Credit: Petra Druschky, Wandlitz The "Natura 2000" network of protected areas runs across the EU as a conservation network for biodiversity. However, only a few studies have so far analysed whether these refuges actually have a positive…