biodiversity
Great Apes and Humans: Conserving Our Evolutionary Relatives
Posted in Science on 18th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
Conservationists note that it is more important than ever that we work to save our evolutionary relatives.
Extinctions During the Human Era is 1000 Times Worse
Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Amid increasing land development and human-driven climate change, the world's species are becoming extinct 1,000 times faster than they used to.
Biologist warn of early stages of a sixth mass extinction event
Posted in Featured, Science on 26th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
Biodiversity may be reaching a tipping point:
Caribbean coral reefs 'could vanish in 20 years'
Posted in Science on 2nd Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
Healthy coral reefs have declined by about 50% in the past 40 years.
Coral reefs are better at coping with rising sea temperatures than we thought
Posted in Science on 31st May, 2014
by Alex Muller
It was found that certain types of coral are able to adapt to tolerate higher sea temperatures by changing the genes they express.