Biodiversity

Articles

Hedgehog poo could hold important secrets about local biodiversity

Biodiversity, the rich variety of life found on Earth, is vanishing. I’m a conservation scientist keen to monitor this...
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As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet. Giving all creatures...

As a teenager in the 1970s, I worked on a typical dairy farm in England. Fifty cows grazed on...
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Natural harmony | Nature Climate Change

There can be a disconnect between everyday life and the natural world, but a healthy diverse environment, where humanity can thrive, requires collective...
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A new study examines why data quality matters in plant–pollinator databases

Imagine trying to put together a giant puzzle where each piece represents an interaction between a flower and the insect, bird, bat or...
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Comprehensive Dataset for Polychaetes in the IPC: Species Distribution, DNA Barcodes,...

The dataset can be found in a figshare repository (Weng et al.22, and are licensed under CC BY.The database, which includes three main...
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Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass...

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals....
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