Biodiversity

Colombian biologist Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela in Mato Grosso, Brasil in 2020. Bianca Matinata Hummingbirds love flower nectar and Colombian ornithologist Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela wants to find out how that has…

There is no denying it: biodiversity is deteriorating at an alarming rate on our little blue planet. Humans rely on biodiversity for our very survival - our society depends on a myriad of ecosystem services such as the provision of food,…

Just a few of a weird and wonderful assortment of bizarre plants captured in this scientist’s oil paintings that are far stranger than any in science fiction, and that exemplify the incredible strategies that plants need to survive © …

Birders can be obsessed with seeing every living species of bird on the planet — but how can serious birders pursue their passion so rare birds and their habitats are protected? © Copyright by GrrlScientist | @GrrlScientist | hosted by …

Sea otter.Enhydra lutris.Otters floating at the surface, resting.Monterey Bay, California, USA. ... Pacific Ocean. (Photo by: Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via…

Ecuadorian researcher María Claudia Segovia Salcedo, in Cayambe Coca National Park, Ecuador (Dec ... 2020). Galo Zapata Rios Biologist María Claudia Segovia Salcedo is not only helping to create a seed bank of…

Wildlife has always shared the landscape with people, but the big loser in this arrangement is — and always has been — wildlife. Is it time to grant wildlife legal ownership of their homes? © Copyright by GrrlScientist | @GrrlScientist |…

Forest, Fandriana Ambohitralanana, Madagascar. getty New research published in the scientific journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has identified the location and intensity of key threats to biodiversity on land.…

Colombian orthnithologist Natalia Ocampo Peñuela holding a Blue-necked tanager (Stilpnia ... cyanicollis) Memo Gómez Colombian ornithology researcher Dr Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela studies how birds move through…

Smithsonian Voices Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Biodiversity Loss Despite a Century of Protection August 12th, 2021, 4:07PM / BY Leila Nilipour…