Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists. You can know a lot ...

A new study by the University of Leeds and University of Oxford has examined spatial biodiversity patterns across the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event. (c. 252 million years ago). The ...

You can know a lot of things about birds just by the shape of their wings. A seafaring albatross, stretching out its sail-like airfoils, lives a very different life from a ground-dwelling antpitta ...

With advances in global biodiversity data sharing, particularly following the Census of Marine Life, understanding of marine biodiversity has improved but remains incomplete. The Ocean Biodiversity ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen biodiversity pattern of coral reef fishes that suggests some fishes might be exceptionally vulnerable to environmental change. A new study shows plankton ...

Biodiversity exhibits consistent patterns across spatial and environmental gradients, with species richness generally peaking in the tropics and declining towards higher latitudes. Within these broad ...

A study published in Water Biology and Security has revealed the spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity in four taxonomic groups – fish, macroinvertebrates, zooplankton and phytoplankton – ...

Life exists in every conceivable environment on Earth, from the peaks of towering mountains to the remote stretches of isolated islands, from sunlit surfaces to the darkest depths of the oceans. Yet, ...

Across Earth's many landscapes and oceans, life has formed in patterns that might not be obvious at first. While it may seem like species are scattered randomly, a new global study suggests there's an ...

Setting the stage: patterns of benthic standing stock -- Local species diversity -- Regional patterns of alpha species diversity -- Oceanwide variation in alpha species diversity and long-term change ...