A Paved Paradise
One new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has made the surprising discovery that not all is lost when paradise is paved with concrete.
Articles Tagged with “biodiversity” - Page 2
22 Articles found tagged with “biodiversity”.
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S is for Scorpionflies
Scorpionflies make fast, direct, whirring flights that are characteristically stop-start – darting off in a perfectly straight line and then dropping suddenly back into a resting posture.
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Conservation Nation: Costa Rica Bans Sport Hunting
The amount of land that is protected as national parks is 25%, and although comprising of only 0.03% of the earth’s surface, the landmass of Costa Rica contains 5% of the world’s biodiversity.
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Can Offshore Wind Farms Benefit an Underwater Ecosystem?
Study in Denmark has shown that offshore wind farms have increased the richness and diversity of certain fish in that area.
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Keeping CO2 bogged down
As a result of our temperate climate we are gifted with an incredibly interesting wetland habitat; the bog!
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Penguins in Peril
Of the world’s 18 species of penguins, 11 species are listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable or Endangered, that’s 61% of all penguins. If the Near Threatened category is added, that figure jumps to 83%.
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Coral Reef Collapse?
With about one third of all the carbon dioxide we emit annually, amounting to 35 billion metric tons, diffusing in the surface layer, coral reefs in particular are suffering badly.
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Kenya’s Tana River Delta under Threat
It is home to globally threatened birds and two threatened primates, as well as lions, hippos and elephants.
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Creating the World’s Largest Marine Reserve
Australia has made history by declaring that they will create the world’s largest network of marine parks.
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Plant a Flower to Save a Bumblebee
Take the fox glove as an example; it has evolved specific adaptations to attract and facilitate the bumblebee, its main pollinator.