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Scientists map Earth's undiscovered biodiversity

Science News // 3 years ago

Scientists map Earth's undiscovered biodiversity

Several years ago, Yale scientists published the "Map of Life," plotting the distribution of Earth's known species. Now, researchers have published a map of undiscovered biodiversity.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Study: Birds species diversifying, growing

The most comprehensive family tree for birds to date reveals surprising new details about their evolutionary history, U.S. researchers say.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Amphibians confirmed as bellwethers

U.S. biologists say they've verified the predictive powers of amphibians, whose moist permeable skins make them susceptible to slight environmental changes.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Birds' extinction danger underestimated

A U.S. study suggests range maps that incorrectly estimate the distribution of birds have overstated the actual population of threatened species.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

Jockstrip: The world as we know it

Nude swim marks graduation ... Mystery safe contains not much ... Court upholds ban on gang insignia ... Study: Most lizards live on islands ... The world as we know it from UPI.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Study: Most lizards live on islands

A U.S. study has confirmed what biologists have long observed -- most lizards live on islands than on the mainland. The University of California-San Diego study also signals an alarm, suggesting climate change might have devastating consequences for lizar

Science News // 1 decade ago

Global map of plant biodiversity created

A German-U.S. team of biologists has produced what is called the most extensive global map of plant biodiversity ever issued.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Blue Planet: Of mice, elephants and gas

A series by UPI examining the human relationship to the natural world. This week: It should not surprise anyone to learn that large wild animals require large spaces, but new research indicates those animals need not occupy as much range as predicted simp

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Our study found species ranges in general tend to get overestimated, but that this trend is particularly pronounced for birds that are threatened, rely on specialized diets or have small habitats
Birds' extinction danger underestimated Dec 11, 2007

We found island populations are less resistant to biological invasions, which will likely increase dramatically with changing climate
Jockstrip: The world as we know it May 02, 2007

We found island populations are less resistant to biological invasions, which will likely increase dramatically with changing climate
Study: Most lizards live on islands May 01, 2007

Given that we are far off from knowing the individual distributions of the world's 300,000 odd plant species
Global map of plant biodiversity created Mar 20, 2007

Holger Kreft and I investigated how well the richness of plants can be predicted from environmental conditions alone
Global map of plant biodiversity created Mar 20, 2007