A new study by Yale ichthyologists provides a clearer picture of species diversity among black basses — one of the most cherished and economically important lineages of freshwater gamefish. Their ...

Long believed to be a single, globally distributed species drifting freely across the open ocean, the bluebottle – also known ...

To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this only provides part of the picture. The traits of a ...

The Center renegotiated the picture-wing habitat settlement with the Service, resulting in this final designation of 8,788 acres of protected habitat. Male picture-wings occupy territories that serve ...

The important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment. Patrice looks at the important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment. Next she and Dave ...

As they looked at the data accumulating year after year, they began to notice something odd in it. With more than 300 species, the tree diversity on the tiny 15-square-kilometer island was staggering.

Credit: Photos: Rhett Butler and Max Planck Institute. Species diversity promotes ecosystem stability. Biodiversity loss may accelerate ecosystem destabilization .

Two previous expeditions documented more than 150 previously unknown marine mammal species. “An additional 20 suspected new species were collected during this expedition,” researchers said.