Das aufhaltbare Sterben der Wirbeltiere
Brights - Die Natur des Zweifels,
In den letzten 50 Jahren gingen die Bestände wild lebender Wirbeltiere weltweit zurück. Zugleich gibt es Beispiele für…
In den letzten 50 Jahren gingen die Bestände wild lebender Wirbeltiere weltweit zurück. Zugleich gibt es Beispiele für…
El último censo de insectos presentado en el parlamento alemán ha hecho sonar las alarmas: desde 1989, cuando se atrapaban 1,6…
It's the most comprehensive survey of reptiles to date, and it shows we need urgent action.
Millions of people worldwide depend, to varying degrees, on non-wood forest products such as wild meat, including more than 150…
El pigargo europeo (Haliaeetus albicilla) es una de las aves rapaces de mayor tamaño de Europa. Hace tres meses, nueve pigargos…
Michael Hannah, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of…
The abundance of wild animals is regressing speedily as the number of domesticated animals and persons keeps escalating. Such…
Evolution is extraordinarily creative in the wake of a cataclysm. How does life keep steadily ticking over in between?By Renée…
The litany of lost species can be overwhelming, leading to what has been called “psychic numbing.” But as the recovery of…
Editor’s note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In this…
Dr. Jeremy Horne writes about the importance of theoretical research and ‘thinking’ in a world driven by technology and ‘making’.
(reproduced from The Conversation) — For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified…
Shifting baseline syndrome is perpetuated when each new generation perceives the environmental conditions in which they grew up…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
Unless you have been hibernating in a deep, dark cave or on another planet, you can hardly have missed the ‘insectageddon…
Vanity, an art installation by Joseph Gregory Rossano created for and with the support of the Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma…
These stinging insects love natural disasters, human landscaping and the warming conditions brought by climate change. At least…
31 December 2018 (Desdemona Despair) – At the end of every year since 2010, Des reviews all of the year’s posts and picks a few…
Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung mit dem Entomologischen Verein Krefeld und dem Zoologischen Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig …
It is no secret that climate change and environmental negligence have been worsened by human activity and accelerated…
When Susan Weller traveled to Ecuador to study tiger moths in the 1980s, she found plenty of insects. A decade later, Weller…
By Ben Guarino15 October 2018(The Washington Post) – Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing…
Washington Post: “Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies…
Very sobering news on the insect front. Species die-off is progressing faster than you probably thought.
Its behind-the-scenes collections, like those of all major natural history museums, was vital to scientific…
Your daily selection of the latest science news! According to Science + Technology – The Conversation (This article and its…
For their first 100 million years on planet Earth, our mammal ancestors relied on the cover of darkness to escape their…
Post provided by Christina Derrick Focus Group Discussions: What are They and Why Use Them? To paraphrase Nelson Mandela…
A recent study found that German nature reserves have seen a 75% reduction in flying insects over the last 27 years.
We're responsible and it's up to us to clean up the mess.
(Photo credit: Peter Miller via Flickr) Masses of monarch butterflies…
Painting of the Dodo by Roelandt Savery executed in ca. 1626 and held at the NHMUK, London. Mass extinctions had shaped the…
Richard Owen stands next to the largest of all moa, Dinornis maximus (now D. novaezealandiae). From Wikimedia Commons. Over the…
Diversos estudios muestran el declive dramático de las poblaciones de estos animales en todo el planeta, con graves…
By Christian Schwägerl6 July 2016 (e360) – Every spring since 1989, entomologists have set up tents in the meadows and…
Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors…
Environment Photo credit: Ethan Daniels/shutterstock We now know that greenhouse gases are rising faster than…
Plants and…
El límite temporal de cualquier era geológica debe caracterizarse por una “marca” o una “causa” que se haya desarrollado y…
Recently the Pew Research Center unveiled results from a poll comparing the scientific views of the American public and…
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Although we might not be forced to confront this salient issue in our everyday lives, it is essential that we take biodiversity…
From the Chronicle (What the Year's Most-Noticed Research Papers Tell Us About Ourselves): Skim the 100 most-discussed…
For this #MapMonday we return to Yale’s Environmental Performance group, featured previously here on #MapMonday. The newly…
Esta mañana, en el Congreso Mundial de Parques en Sídney (Australia), se ha presentado la última actualización de la Lista Roja…
Ever feel like all the dissenting views on climate change have gotten your brain in a complete whirl? Pulling on some of our…
Science recently released a special issue on defaunation, which spanned seven articles detailing the recent decline in animal…
La ciencia alerta sobre la sexta extinción masiva de especies en la historia de la Tierra, causada en apenas 500 añ…
Check out these three ways humans (including you!) are driving the sixth extinction, they may be closer to home than you think!
Thanks to everyone who tuned in for our #Martha100 TwitterChat with @NMNH (National Museum of Natural History) and @SILibraries …
The number of invertebrates has fallen by nearly half over the past 35 years—the same period of time in which the human…
By John…
There are many incredible and wondrous feats that human beings have accomplished in our relatively short history on this planet.
Much has been written about the decline of large, charismatic predators and the effect their loss has on ecosystems. However, a…
Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are delightfully weird. They have many of the adaptations we associate with anteaters—powerful…
Those who keep taking our biodiversity for granted: dumping corporate waste, spraying copious amounts of herbicides and…
That cockroaches will inherit our despoiled earth is just a tired misconception. The real champions will be disease-carrying…
Ecosystem engineer: a giant tortoise native to a different island creates wallows that trap rain water on a dry island in…
Earth’s biodiversity, the product of 3.5 billion years of evolutionary trial and error, is the highest in the history of life—but…
More sharing... The journal Science has published a special issue called Vanishing Fauna (aka. The Sixth Extinction). You can…
The planet’s current biodiversity, the product of 3.5 billion years […]
Plants and…
“Defaunación del Antropoceno” comienzan a denominar los científicos a la era en la que vivimos y que constituye, según un…
Stanford biology Professor Rodolfo Dirzo and his colleagues warn that this "defaunation" could have harmful downstream effects…
Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors…