Early humans may have wiped out many turtles millions of years ago
5 August 2022
Our hominin ancestors wiped out many land-living turtle and tortoise species starting around 5 million years ago, an analysis of the fossil record suggests
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Resurrecting extinct species from their DNA is essentially impossible
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A study of the extinct Christmas Island rat suggests we cannot bring back the woolly mammoth and other lost species without important differences
Mystery microbes have been lurking unsuspected in most coral species
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Corals are full of symbiotic organisms but biologists have found a new form of microbe that doesn't seem to benefit its hosts
Even tiny green spaces in cities help urban wildlife biodiversity
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Greening parts of cities is widely promoted as boosting biodiversity, health and well-being, and now researchers have found that improving even tiny green spaces leads to big increases in biodiversity
Vacuuming DNA from air can reveal which animals are present in an area
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Detecting DNA in air samples could make it much easier to monitor biodiversity around the world and also help in other fields such as atmospheric science
Why rescuing the climate and saving biodiversity go hand in hand
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Global warming is a "threat multiplier" for habitats and species already under pressure – by understanding how the problems are linked, we can solve two crises at once
What is a genetically modified organism?
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A genetically modified organism (GMO) is usually defined as an organism whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering.
Insect biomass in Britain falling but may still be double 1960s level
12 December 2019
The longest running study of insect biomass in the world suggests it is twice as large in Great Britain as it was in the 1960s, but has been declining since the 1980s
The grand plan to sequence the genomes of 66,000 UK and Irish species
8 November 2019
The Darwin Tree of Life project aims to sequence the genomes of 60,000 species of animals, plants, fungi and complex cells such as amoeba found in the British Isles
Home aquarium hobbyists are helping save 30 rare fish from extinction
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The pet trade often harms wildlife but some dedicated amateur fish-keepers are working to keep many species of fish from extinction
