Carbon-based approaches for saving rainforests should include biodiversity studies

Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests containing great stores of carbon also hold high biodiversity, but a new...

Death from below: Parasitic wasp attacking caterpillar underwater

A previously unknown species of Japanese parasitic wasp was observed to dive underwater to parasitize moth caterpillars.

New light shed on demise of two extinct New Zealand songbirds

They may not have been seen for the past 50 and 110 years, but an international study into their extinction has provided answers to...

Effects of noise on marine life

New research shows turtles can experience temporary hearing loss from an excess of underwater noise. This phenomenon, previously noted in other marine animals such...

Predator control can have unintended consequences

Introduced predators pose threats to biodiversity and are implicated in the extinction of many native species.

Better method for identifying aquatic species using environmental DNA

Researchers have improved their method of tracking species by using the biological material those organisms leave behind known as environmental DNA (eDNA).

New tool predicts risk of plant disease and infestation worldwide

Researchers have developed a technique to predict the risk of disease or infestation in plants. By considering pest-host interactions and the geographical distribution of...

150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with five new species in the world’s largest...

Coming 150 years after the last description from Sulawesi, five new species from the world's largest genus of trees, Syzygium, highlight the extent of...

Science vs. the sea lamprey

A promising -- and natural -- solution to curb destructive the sea lamprey population has been developed by a team of researchers.

Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion

Researchers have little information about how grown lionfish might invade or move to new waters because tracking small marine organisms poses difficulties. One way...

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