The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

Within the animal kingdom, vertebrates were over-represented while arthropods were underrepresented with respect to their actual biodiversity. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email ...

A spotlight on Qatar’s most beloved animals, from Arabian horses to whale sharks and falcons From majestic Arabian horses to the ‘gentle giants’ of the sea, whale sharks and the intelligent falcon, ...

They also demonstrate that just looking at the way an animal looks (its morphology) can seriously confound our efforts to understand biodiversity. Just because two animals look similar doesn’t ...

Wildfires and animal biodiversity Naturally fire-prone ecosystems tend to have more species of birds and mammals, new study reveals Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...

That is, individual animals are creative in unique ways that influence their culture, and that accumulated creativity may have an evolutionary effect on biodiversity. Both domestic animals and those ...

The eggplant emoji may be more famous in the digital world than in real life, but it's not the case for most organisms. Biologists have made the case for 'animal underdogs' to have better emoji ...

A powerful alliance of Buddhist clergy, conservation scientists, animal welfare advocates, and corporate representatives has ...

Biodiversity measure: Flightless small animals. Biodiversity is often measured by the diversity of butterflies and wild bees. "But in the case of small-sized study areas such as gardens, ...

The current emoji library doesn’t accurately represent the “tree of life” and the breadth of biodiversity seen in nature according to an analysis presented December 11 in the journal iScience.