"Why and how did life become so diverse? This has been a central problem in biology. Experimen-tal Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity explores how diversity evolves in microbial popula-tions ...

A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when ...

Antarctica’s marine realm is a dynamic mosaic where extreme environmental conditions have driven remarkable evolutionary processes. The isolation imposed by frigid temperatures and the formidable ...

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My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

You might think of ants as being everywhere all the time, but it turns out they live in nine distinct areas of the planet. For the first time, researchers have mapped the "biogeographic realms" where ...

Researchers have uncovered an interesting insight about evolution, shedding more light on the current picture of biodiversity, which is explained in detail within the journal Frontiers in Ecology and ...

Phylogenetics and conservation biology : drawing a path into the diversity of life / Roseli Pellens and Philippe Grandcolas -- Questions. The value of phylogenetic diversity / Christopher Lean and ...

Quick Take Scientists used a powerful synchrotron X-ray system, robotics, and AI to scan 2,000 ant specimens in just one week ...

Sri Lanka’s extraordinary biodiversity — spanning everything from ants in home gardens to blue whales in its surrounding oceans — took centre stage at Thursday’s public lecture that highlighted the ...