Science news articles about 'biodiversity crisis'

... wiping out amphibians around the world, including in the tropics, where amphibian biodiversity is particularly high. "It's been called the most devastating wildlife disease ever recorded," Wake said ...

Recently, images of melting sea ice and shrinking rainforests have highlighted the world's biodiversity crisis and made us aware of the need to find a balance between preserving natural ecosystems ...

... . "There is clear and growing scientific evidence that we are on the verge of a major freshwater biodiversity crisis," says Prof. Tockner. "However, few are aware of the catastrophic decline in ...

... particular susceptibility to a species becoming threatened or invasive. "The urgency and scale of the global biodiversity crisis means we need good generalised predictors of a species' likelihood of ...

... , "Snakes already get an unwarranted bad reputation and the last thing needed in our current biodiversity crisis is to drum up more hatred of these animals by suggesting an impending full scale North ...

... Midwest, said the authors. Dam construction and biological invasions are major contributors to the biodiversity crisis in freshwater ecosystems, which exhibit higher rates of extinction and a greater ...