Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a new UNEP/FAO report says the world must deliver on existing commitments to restore at least 1 billion…
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Biologists led by the University of Iowa used a special technique called eDNA to discover an invasive species of tiny snails in streams in central…
Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile). Detecting environmental DNA of invasive ant species in soil samples. Researchers have successfully detected the environmental DNA (eDNA)[1] of the Argentine…
Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change. But…
Stock photo of a beached pilot whale carcass. A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the usefulness of opportunistically collected specimens,…
Banded iron deposits like these contain clues to the Great Oxygenation Event. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured…
Study on declining biodiversity in Tibet’s mountainous regions in response to climate change. Normally, mountain forests are among the most diverse habitats in alpine regions.…
The USA-Mexico border wall could restrict the movement of jaguars as they shift between countries to find more hospitable places to live due to climate…
Talk about getting your ducks in a row. There are roughly 50 billion individual birds in the world, a new big data study by UNSW…
An illustration showing Lystrosaurus during the end-Permian mass extinction. Credit: Gina Viglietti Our planet’s worst mass extinction event happened 252 million years ago when massive…
A team of scientists compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which were recently acknowledged by IUCN as a separate, Critically Endangered species…
A male orangutan eating non-fruit vegetation instead of the fruit orangutans prefer on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Credit: Kristana Parinters Makur/Tuanan Orangutan…
The caecilians found on the southern part of the island are typically yellow with brown splotches. Credit: © Andrew Stanbridge Research adds evidence to century-long…
Mountain Ringlet butterfly. Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some…
Ecological reconstruction of the Zhangpu biota. Credit: NIGPAS Newly Discovered Miocene Biome Sheds Light on Rainforest Evolution An international research group led by Prof. WANG…
Indian meal moth caterpillars. Credit: M. Boots/UC Berkeley Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishness. One of nature’s most prolific cannibals could be…
This image shows trails left by sponges as they crawl across the seafloor. Credit: AWI OFOBS team, PS101 Sponges: They are considered to be one…
Santo Antao (Cabo Verde). Credit: Sandra Nogue Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on Earth’s biodiversity. The findings suggest that the…
Iran’s Lake Urmia — a sister to Utah’s Great Salt Lake — has lost nearly 95 percent of its volume in the span of two…
This image shows Murembo, a Great Tusker from Tsavo, Kenya’s largest protected area. Credit: John Marais A study reported in the journal Current Biology has…