Roman-Era Aqueduct Hides a Brand-New Species of Woodlouse in Spain
A new species of tiny woodlouse has been discovered living on rotten wood in a Roman-era underground aqueduct beneath the ...
Tag: Urban biodiversity
Urban biodiversity synthesis documents 1,688 species in Guatemala City
A 2023 field survey combined with earlier studies and digital records produced a synthesis of 1,688 terrestrial species known in ...
Erzincan field assessment finds high plant diversity across seven settlements
A 2022–2024 field assessment of 70 green spaces in seven Erzincan settlements found 105 plant taxa, an average Bio-friendly Settlement ...
Research report: Deriving inventories of non-native plant species from iNaturalist: Insights from urban centres of the Western Cape, South Africa
A curated observational study of iNaturalist records documented 947 wild-growing non-native plant taxa across 100 Western Cape urban centres while ...
City Lights and Bird Borders: How Urban Life Rewrites a Classic Rule of Biodiversity
A sweeping analysis of 17 million citizen-science records shows that cities flatten the classic latitudinal diversity gradient of native birds ...
Botanic Garden of Pisa Reveals Hidden Lichen Richness in the Heart of a City
A survey of the Botanic Garden of Pisa recorded 57 epiphytic lichen taxa, including two species new to Tuscany and ...
UrbanAnts: New R Shiny App Maps the Secret Lives of City Ants
Brazilian researchers have launched UrbanAnts, a free R Shiny web application that centralises ant diversity records from urban environments and ...
Green Walls, Gray Trade-offs: Why Nature-Inclusive Architecture Is Not a Guaranteed Win for Health or Biodiversity
A new Frontiers in Sustainable Cities opinion article argues that green roofs, sky gardens, and vertical forests deliver impressive co-benefits ...
The Courtyard Effect: Why the Green Outside Your Door May Be Urban Health’s Sleeping Giant
A new Perspective in Discover Sustainability argues that the shared greenery surrounding apartment blocks is a vast, overlooked layer of ...
City Spiders Rewritten: Three New Records Turn Tbilisi Into a Caucasus Arachnid Hotspot
A new survey of Tbilisi's spider fauna records three species new to Georgia, including one new to the entire Caucasus, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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