Biodiversity

Articles

Navigating synergies vs. trade-offs between climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation

Climate change and biodiversity are among the foremost environmental challenges facing modern society. Although climate change impacts may seem more noticeable and garner...
Biodiversity
14
minutes

Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever

International waters, also known as the high seas, make up 61% of the ocean and cover 43% of Earth’s surface — amounting...
Biodiversity
7
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Morphological variation and genetic diversity of Circinaria contorta (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota), including...

Phenotypic analyses of Circinaria contorta specimens During morphological and anatomical studies several differences were found within the studied material, that allowed us to...
Biodiversity
10
minutes

The biology and toxinology of blunt-nosed vipers

Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Vonk, F. J., Harrison, R. A. & Fry, B. G. Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms. Trends...
Biodiversity
27
minutes

Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification

Newbold, T. et al. Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment. Science 353, 288–291 (2016).Article  ...
Biodiversity
8
minutes

why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater’s possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem....
Biodiversity
5
minutes