All Articles Tagged As: diversity

Study of islands reveals surprising extinction results (9/1/2008)

Research sheds surprising light on the subject of extinction rates of species on islands ...> Full Article

Dying frogs sign of a biodiversity crisis (8/13/2008)

Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk ...> Full Article

Scientists Find New Clues to Explain Amazonian Biodiversity (7/24/2008)

Ice age climate change and ancient flooding - but not barriers created by rivers - may have promoted the evolution of new insect species in the Amazon region of South America, a new study suggests. ...> Full Article

Biodiversity Maps Will Help to Guide Conservation Measures in East Africa (7/9/2008)

New maps, combined with climate models, will project how climate change will alter biodiversity and help to shape policy for setting aside conservation easements ...> Full Article

Tasty meal out of reach (7/7/2008)

Small mammals, such as rabbits and mice, play a major role in the development of natural diversity ...> Full Article

What makes life go at the tropics? (5/28/2008)

Study points to heat, not light, as engine driving biodiversity ...> Full Article

Biodiversity - it's in the water (5/11/2008)

What if hydrology is more important for predicting biodiversity than biology ...> Full Article

Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home (4/19/2008)

Researchers has shown that introducing small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes. ...> Full Article

New conservation map maximizes species protection in biodiversity hotspot (4/13/2008)

An international team of researchers has developed a remarkable new road map for finding and protecting thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar, considered one of the most significant biodiversity hot spots in the world ...> Full Article

Madagascar conservation map protects species in biodiversity hot spot (4/12/2008)

An international team of researchers has developed a remarkable new roadmap for finding and protecting the best remaining holdouts for thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar, considered one of the most significant biodiversity hot spots in the world ...> Full Article

Study Finds Future 'Battlegrounds' for Conservation Very Different to Those in Past (3/3/2008)

Biologists have developed a series of global maps that show where projected habitat loss and climate change are expected to drive the need for future reserves to prevent biodiversity loss. ...> Full Article

Climate change increases fish biodiversity (1/18/2008)

At first, the fishing industry may be happy to hear the results of a climate change study by Bangor University that will be published by the scientific journal 'Global Change Biology': rising water temperatures at the bottom of the seas can lead to an increase in the diversity of fish that is found in UK waters. ...> Full Article

Researchers Discover Forests of Endangered Tropical Kelp (9/26/2007)

Important Implications for Biodiversity, Climate Change ...> Full Article