Biodiversity

Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, little did the research team of Paola Galgani-Barraza (Smithsonian…

Biologist sees surprising parallels between dramatic art and natureCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To better understand how animals like spiders communicate with pattern and color, a University of Cincinnati…

Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study to…

Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in ScienceCredit: Pixabay Computer modelling and long-term ecological monitoring will be essential to assess the environmental risks of the…

Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees are pollinators of many wild and crop plants, but in many places…

She co-edits special issue of journal Biological Invasions KINGSTON, R.I. - January 23, 2020 - A special issue of the journal Biological Invasions, co-edited by University of Rhode Island ecologist Laura Meyerson and University of…

Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often considered distinct from local ecosystems, and in many cases, such an assessment…

Credit: Melanie Fremery, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW), in an international collaboration, have developed a method to grow snake venom gland cells as organoids.…

Credit: Andy Mann 'No-take' marine reserves - where fishing is banned - can reverse the decline in the world's coral reef shark populations caused by overfishing, according to an Australian study. But University of Queensland, James Cook…

This is one of the conclusions of an international study focused on the causes of the evolutionary success of Carex, one of the genera of flowering plants with the highest number of species in the worldCredit: ©pablodeolavide In the…