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20 Breaks tagged with biodiversity
The mammals of Madagascar have seen many human induced extinctions while increasing human influence mean many more may follow. We show that adding to the few...
Insects are a key part of the earth’s life support system, making reports of steep declines a great concern. Our study, one of the largest assessments of...
The common perception of cacti as heat- and drought-loving desert plants causes climate change to be overlooked as a potential threat to their conservation....
Over the next 30 years, the expansion of cities will threaten global biodiversity unless we change the way that they are built. Greener cities can become part...
Reports that wildlife declined by more than 50% in recent decades grabbed headlines, but calculating an average global decline is trickier than it might seem....
Freshwater ecosystems are the most threatened in the world yet hardly considered in conservation planning. We show that current conservation efforts focused on...
After millions of years of isolation, the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama connected South America with North America, allowing the interchange of two...
There is more to bees than honey: wild bees ensure efficient pollination of most flowering plants and food crops. Yet a recent study counting the number of...
Many plant and animal species inhabit the world’s major tropical areas with new species being discovered each year. But the numbers of species differ greatly...
The recovery of sea otters in Pacific Canada is broadly seen as a rewilding success story because they contribute to a more productive and biodiverse...
Today’s drastic global warming is threatening the agriculture of many valuable crops, including winegrapes. We propose a new approach to selecting winegrape...
It is very difficult to study many factors of global change at the same time. We did this using a trick: we asked what happens if you steadily increase the...
Our study demonstrates the benefits of biodiversification for agriculture. In essence, agricultural fields with greater biodiversity are better protected from...
In 1950, a novel virus was used as a biological weapon to control the invasive rabbit populations in Australia, killing millions of animals on the first...
Monogamy has evolved independently in all of the major lineages of vertebrates. We investigated the gene activity in the brains of monogamous male mice, voles,...
Recent advancements in fishing technologies are unbalancing global marine ecosystems. Our spatio-temporal model to predict global fishing efforts may allow...
The recent conversion of land to oil palm crops has produced catastrophic effects in Southeast Asia. Shocking images of orangutans left with no home, together...
A recent molecular study of the sweet potato and its wild relatives, the most comprehensive study of this group of plants to date, provides important...
The by-effects of insecticides are a threat for pollinators and, in turn, for healthy ecosystems. The analysis of their impacts can lead to beneficial...
Gene therapy is at the forefront of medical research, but...can it help us save a beloved fruit?
