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biodiversity

Dissected ant and where you can see the encapsulated parasites (white oval structures) spilling out of the hind body. Photo: Brian Lund Fredensborg

Brain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies at dawn and dusk

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

Bee flying mid-air

Pollination by more than one bee species improves cherry harvest

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

A striking male Royal Flycatcher flaunts its vibrant red and blue crest. This captivating species exemplifies the diverse and unique birdlife of Costa Rica, underscoring the importance of preserving habitats to support such biodiversity. (Image credit: Nick Hendershot)

Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Tractor tilling a field with spoil overturned

Can soil microbes survive in a changing climate?

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Penn State graduate student Ryan Trexler collects cores of biocrust from the field before bringing them back to the lab to study.

Soil microbiome, Earth’s ‘living skin’ under threat from climate change

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Talpa hakkariensis – found in the Hakkari region of southeastern Turkey – was identified as a new species of mole, highly distinctive in terms of both its morphology and DNA

Hidden moles in hidden holes: New species found after 3 million years

Categories Life & Non-humans

American Crow with pizza. One characteristic of urban wildlife is their taste for a wide variety of foods.

City-dwelling wildlife demonstrate “urban trait syndrome”

Categories Life & Non-humans

Penguins and a seal on the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic extremes ‘virtually certain’ as world warms

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Daphnia water fleas (on the right sick Daphnia & on the left healthy Daphnia)

Parasites can have a positive effect on biodiversity and a crucial role in maintaining it

Categories Life & Non-humans

Animal heredity sheds light on survival and extinction risks

Categories Bloggers

A green robot arm

Echoes from the Deep

Categories Bloggers

Researchers found evidence that forests might have been far more important to native wildlife such as extinct dwarf hippos than the grasslands found in the same parts of Madagascar today.

Study Reveals Ancient Forests as Preferred Habitat for Extinct Dwarf Hippos in Madagascar

Categories Life & Non-humans

A pretty bird

Sprung too Soon

Categories Bloggers

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