-
Shark-Tooth Weapons Reveal Lost Biodiversity
For centuries, the people of the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific Ocean have crafted weapons from shark teeth....
0 -
Can Nature Parks Save Biodiversity?
As human activities put increasing pressures on natural systems and wildlife to survive, 200 scientists around the world carved...
-
Scientists Define New Limits of Microbial Life in Undersea Volcanoes
By some estimates, a third of Earth’s organisms live in our planet’s rocks and sediments, yet their lives are...
-
Ocean Acidification Disrupting Food Chains
Shellfish respond to increasing acidification in seawater – such as that produced by climate change – by producing lighter,...
-
Mangrove Conservation Said to Be Economic CO2 Fix
Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests....
-
Forest ‘Disruption’ Greater Threat Than Climate Change
Deforestation of protected areas and illegal hunting of endangered species that live there has a greater impact on biodiversity...
-
Polar Bears, Brown Bears Interbreed to Cope With Climate Change
Polar and brown bears diverged between 4 million and 5 million years ago, but they continued to interbreed when...
-
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is
-
Thieving Rodents Are Rainforest Saviors
The thieving habits of rodents have emerged as an unlikely salvation of tropical forests, research suggests. Massive mammals known...
-
Whales Are Coping With Humans’ Noise
For years, scientists have known that man-made underwater noise from an array of sources can deafen or harm whales...