biodiversity

Recent findings add weight to the evidence that the intransitive competitions between species enrich the diversity of nature.

In evolution, context is everything: Bacteria with neighbors evolve to rebuff viruses in a different way.

Clues from fish diversity suggest that interbreeding between species could be a major mechanism of fast speciation.

Researchers struggle to incorporate ongoing evolutionary discoveries into an animal classification scheme older than Darwin.

Skyrocketing animal diversity a half-billion years ago was linked to spikes and dips in marine oxygen levels, according to a detailed geological study.

New work raises the estimated diversity of viruses in the seas more than twelvefold and lays the groundwork for a better understanding of their impact on global nutrient cycles.

In harsh ecosystems around the world, microbiologists are finding evidence that “microbial seed banks” protect biodiversity from changing conditions.

By reconstructing prehistoric food webs and analyzing the diverse interactions of humans with other species, the ecologist Jennifer Dunne is developing a new understanding of sustainability through network science.

New modeling studies suggest that birds migrate to strike a favorable balance between their input and output of energy.