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

Researchers shared that colorful butterflies are losing vibrancy due to deforestation, which could indicate larger issues ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to variability found at all levels of biology. Biodiversity is commonly broken down into three levels or types: genetic diversity, species diversity, ...

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 ...