The animal kingdom is a wonderful and wacky place filled with creatures with all sorts of unique abilities, ranging from walking on water, holding their breath miles beneath the ocean and even living ...

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic diversity using DNA from museum specimens and related species. Scientists ...

Land-use change is a major driver of biodiversity decline, yet many of the species most at risk—particularly those ...

There are 16 species of crocodiles in the world. While they all have sharp teeth, some are less dangerous to humans, while ...

In nature, species will sometimes form unexpectedly close bonds and work to their mutual benefit. Symbiotic relationships are the close associations formed between pairs of species. They come in a ...

Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it’s been very labour intensive. But now ...

Aim: Many broad-scale ecological inventory and monitoring efforts collect multi-species (or otherwise multivariate) data under unstructured study designs. Unstructured designs are vulnerable to ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 26, No. 3 (March 2020), pp. 315-328 (14 pages) Aim: Sample size and species characteristics, including prevalence and habitat specialization, can influence the ...

Discover how wolves in British Columbia are using crab traps to reel in food.