biodiversity

Atos has entered into a three-year partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This comprehensive partnership has been designed to tackle three key priorities – business transformation, financing and influence – which are essential to effectively tackle the current biodiversity crisis.Atos and WWF have defined the following projects by which conservation organizations and other stakeholders could benefit from Atos’ technological expertise.Automating biodiversity surveillancePredicting & preventing epidemic…

Loncovilius edwardsianus crawling in the leaf litter in the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest of Chiloé, Los Lagos, Chile. Credit: Matías Gargiulo, through iNaturalistResearchers have discovered new beetle species, including one with a unique penis resembling a bottle opener, highlighting the role of insect genitalia in species identification. The study raises concerns about biodiversity loss due to climate change and aims to increase awareness and conservation efforts through their findings.Penises are more prevalent in…

New research explores the challenge greenwashing poses to the ‘nature positive’ concept, which aims to halt environmental decline and improve biodiversity. It emphasizes the need for public vigilance and legal standards to identify genuine environmental efforts, highlighting Australia’s struggle to implement this concept in its environmental policies.Researchers have identified the threat posed by greenwashing to achieving a ‘nature-positive’ world, where environmental decline halts, and biodiversity outcomes improve.The…

Colombia has begun a new campaign sterilizing its invasive hippos, showing signs that it is taking the threat the animals pose to the country’s biodiversity and local communities seriously. The plan is to capture, anaesthetize and sterilize an initial 20 hippos by the end of 2023 as part of a three-pronged approach the government is taking to reduce the rapidly expanding population that has established itself along the country’s Magdalena River.The other prongs involve shipping hippos abroad to sanctuaries and zoos, and —…

Hometree’s restoration effort, says Ó Foghlú, will be based on the advice of ecologists and foresters. But the tentative vision is to return pine forests to the upper slopes of the valley, willow and alder to the floodplain, and oak and birch to the valley sides. The group will also work to regenerate blanket bogs and protect species-rich grasslands.But reforestation won’t be easy. Parts of these hills are so bereft of native trees that woods can’t easily regenerate. Centuries of heavy rainfall have also leached nutrients…

A biological expedition in the Colombian Pacific region of the Chocó Biogeographic Region has unveiled four remarkable new spider species, contributing valuable insights into biodiversity.A groundbreaking expedition in the Colombian Pacific region has discovered four unique spider <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>species</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>A species is a group of living organisms that share a set of…

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Scientists have published research indicating that movements in Earth’s tectonic plates indirectly stimulate bursts of biodiversity through 36-million-year cycles by causing sea levels to rise and fall. They believe that these geological cycles, traceable back 250 million years, critically influence marine species diversity.  This animation is a 250 million-year re-creation of the geography of Earth, showing the interplay between plate tectonics and sea level variations. Credit: Paleomap Project and Michael ChinTectonic…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Movement in the Earth's tectonic plates indirectly triggers bursts of biodiversity in 36‑million-year cycles by forcing sea levels to rise and fall, new research has shown. Researchers including geoscientists at the University of Sydney believe these geologically driven cycles of sea level changes…

In the northeastern U. S., where I roost, we’ve entered what birders sometimes refer to as the summer doldrums. Spring migration has wound down, and fall migration hasn’t started yet, so the thrilling glimpses of rare species traveling between their breeding and wintering grounds are few and far between. And many of the birds that breed here are keeping a low profile while they take care of Important Business back at the nest. There are still marvelous things to see. But sometimes the behavior isn’t what it seems at first…