Human activity is leading to the global redistribution of ants, with a new study in Nature Communications from the Department of Ecology and Evolution at UNIL highlighting how this shift is altering a...
03.22.2024 Newsbreak.com and 1 sitesHuman activities are blending with global ant populations to erode natural evolutionary differences and pose a threat to biodiversity, particularly in tropical regions and islands. The new study in Na...
03.22.2024 List23.comPrinceton University Press is delighted to have fifteen books recognized by the 2024 PROSE Awards. Overseen by the Association of American Publishers and judged by publishing professionals, librarians...
03.28.2024 Princeton.eduBiotic homogenization occurs when human activity leads to the spread of non-native species, thereby diminishing global biodiversity. This phenomenon is at the core of a new study published in the jour...
03.24.2024 Earth.com and 1 sitesScientists from Madagascar, the U. S. and Europe have described a new orchid species found up in the forest canopies of central Madagascar. The orchid, named Solenangis impraedicta , boasts a nectar spur that reaches 33 centimeters (13 inches) in length, making it the longest of any known plant relative to its flower size. (The flowers are just 2 cm, or three-quarters of an inch, long. ) The nectar in this long spur is likely accessible only to long-tongued hawkmoths. As they sip the nectar, pol...
03.22.2024 Mongabay.com… and I presume that the elect are wending their way home from the “I do, I do, I do, I do, I DO believe in Darwin! ” praise festival. Guitar chords, someone? I understand some Darwinists like to get ...
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