The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the ...

A new study shows for the first time that biological invasions don't change ecosystems in a single, uniform way. Some impacts ...

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National ...

The vibrancy and diversity of butterfly species can also serve as an indicator of ecological health and a loss of complexity in ecosystems ...

The black-tailed prairie dog is a keystone species in grassland ecosystems. I was pondering this last week while capturing ...

To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects. They found that plants with a mutation at a ...

Consensus has emerged in the literature that increased biodiversity enhances the capacity of ecosystems to perform multiple functions. However, most biodiversity/ecosystem function studies focus on a ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

Are Venture Capitalists unrepresentative of the society we live in? The short answer to that question is of course they are. In an age where the importance of diversity - whether in the workplace or ...

The rise of the digital economy was always a matter of when, not if. After our lives changed dramatically due to the pandemic, when came a lot sooner than expected, as countless industries and ...