Biodiversity Researchers have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world – a finding that provides more evidence for why biodiversity is important to many ecosystems...
Birds The abundance of songbirds with relatively large brains in Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic has increased since 1989...
Planning, Policy, Preservation A recent analysis of the effectiveness of several regulatory and land protection mechanisms provides evidence of their ability to work together to achieve focused conservation that provides both societal and natural resource benefits...
Fish, Freshwater Dams and weirs have a stronger impact on the ecosystem of watercourses than previously realized. Species diversity in the dammed area upstream of weirs shows a significant decline: the diversity of fish species is one-quarter lower on average, and species diversity among invertebrates is up to 50 percent lower...
Biodiversity, Mammals Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species...
Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damages caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that are inadvertently imported along with packing materials, live plants, and other goods...
Agriculture, Birds In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland could be a more effective way to conserve wild species than trying to grow crops and conserve nature on the same land...
Climate, Fish, Freshwater Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study...
A new study is the first to estimate the net benefits of screening potentially invasive wild animals, to prevent them from being introduced to the United States...
Development, Protected Areas If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty?
