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Published Form and function of island and mainland plants



Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many grou...
Published Researchers issue urgent call to save the world's largest flower -Rafflesia -- from extinction



A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extin ...
Published Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction



For the first time, researchers have extracted ancient DNA from Caribbean parrot fossils and archaeo...
Published Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration


• Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tr...
Published Study uncovers major hidden human-driven bird extinctions



Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species -- twice as many as previously thought -- with major ...
Published Counting rays: Aerial surveys reveal ample populations in Southeast Florida



A unique long-term study quantified the abundance of whitespotted eagle and giant manta rays in Sout...
Published Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants



Plant species which are recommended as 'pollinator friendly' in Europe begin flowering up to a month ...
Published Understanding the sex life of coral gives hope of clawing it back from the path to extinction



Scientists have mapped the reproductive strategies and life cycle of an endangered coral species, th ...
Published Rusty-patched bumblebee's struggle for survival found in its genes



The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its fo...
Published Frog species evolved rapidly in response to road salts



When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years....
Published Lemur's lament: When one vulnerable species stalks another



What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered...
Published New Zealand's flightless birds are retreating to moa refuges



Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations...
Published What makes some plant groups so successful?



Researchers involved in cataloguing the world's plant species are hunting for answers as to what mak ...
Published Fatal attraction: When endangered species try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose



Sticks and stones aren't enough to thwart biological attraction, but sometimes those are the only to...
Published Nile perch invasion triggered genetic bottlenecks in Lake Victoria's endemic cichlids



Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lastin...
Published Mapping the future's sweet spot for clean energy and biodiversity



A new study of Joshua trees, kit foxes and solar energy developments highlights the need to consider...
Published Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss



The 17 species of red colobus monkey living across Africa, including in the Tai Project field statio ...
Published Scientists find ancient, endangered lamprey fish in Queensland, 1400 km north of its previous known range



Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is ...
Published Marine Protected Areas don't line up with core habitats of rare migratory fish, finds new research



62% of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) designated to protect rare migratory fish species are outside o ...
Published New algae species rewrites understanding of reef systems



An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae ...