Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Human ...

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

In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due ...

Biodiversity, gene pools and extinctions Biodiversity is a measure of the range of living organisms within a habitat. A gene pool is the range of DNA in a species.

Nature is a system, and everything in that system is connected. Left to its own devices, it knows how to seamlessly integrate ...

Thermal tolerance limits and optima are also important in predicting how organisms may respond to climate-change related increases in habitat temperature, such as have been observed during the ...

Density and dispersion are two descriptors of populations that can provide insight into processes such as competition and territoriality. Their measurement is therefore fundamental to our ...

This organism is equipped with "pollen baskets ... it utilizes its natural habitat to scatter its pollen. Hint: Wild celery is a natural food source for many animals, including the canvasback ...

The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...

This gives asexual creatures on the fringes of a habitat an edge in colonizing a new one. Clonal organisms with tolerance for a broad range of conditions also exist. Even if they do not vary much ...