Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange ...

I n 2016, scientists published a paper with a bold claim: that the giraffe, first described as a species by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758, might actually have been four species all along.

(Paine died in 2016.) Salomon, Power and other Paine students dedicated their graduate work to refining the keystone concept and defining a species’ ecological “keystone-ness” mathematically.

After 10 years, a mussel monoculture dominated the shore. Salomon, Power and other Paine students dedicated their graduate work to refining the keystone concept and defining a species’ ecological ...

When adapting the concept for ecological grief ... Scientists might watch a species decline towards extinction over their years of research. Or a bushfire or bleaching event might damage an ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to ...

The concept of a species is an ancient one. In 343 B.C., for instance, Aristotle wrote "History of Animals," in which he described differences between individual animals as well as between groups.