Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

Human Activities Adversely Affect Communities ... Food web complexity and species diversity. American Naturalist 100, 65-75 (1966). Peterson, C. H. Clam predation by whelks (Busycon spp.) ...

SAN DIEGO — New research published in the journal Nature is shedding light on an alarming loss in biodiversity amongst ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

More than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, the spread of invasive species, overharvest from the wild, climate change, population growth and other human activities have pushed nature to the ...

Descended from more archaic relatives, the early true mammals were mainly small insect-eating creatures adapted to nighttime activity ... sudden expansion of species diversity into new ways ...

A recent study co-authored by UW professor and freshwater ecologist Julian Olden found a direct connection between the introduction of invasive freshwater fish and the decline of beta diversity in ...

Paine (1966) had observed that the diversity of organisms in rocky ... appearance were greatly modified by the activities of a single native species high in the food web. These individual ...

The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological diversity and renowned as supply houses for food, fiber and pharmacies.