Published: Aug 27th, 2018
By Julie T. Shapiro On July 24th, the Biodiversity Institute hosted Prof. Anders J. Hansen. Prof. Hansen is the Director of Research at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, professor at the […]
Published: May 31st, 2018
By Xavier Haro Carrion I study tropical ecosystems and when discussing climate change and its implications for tropical ecosystems I am used to talk about the potential savanization of Amazonia, the loss […]
Published: Mar 9th, 2018
Women Rising in Conservation In the western reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women are at the center of the household and the heart of local livelihoods. They […]
Published: Mar 5th, 2018
By Sergio Marconi How many times Hollywood showed scientists in their hoodies tracking a person of interest, hacking security cameras around the world? Sitting for hours on huge machines, weird […]
Published: Feb 1st, 2018
Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We’ve heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies. So Jonas Geldmann, at […]
Published: Nov 27th, 2017
By Farah Carrasco-Rueda Highways constitute important drivers for moving the economy of a region. The Interoceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru, is an example of road development in the […]
Published: Jun 19th, 2017
By Musa Jundi All around the world reside biodiversity hotspots, regions with high levels of biodiversity, and the majority of those regions are threatened by numerous stressful factors including land […]
Published: Jun 12th, 2017
By Hannah Klatzkow In 2015, the North American Coastal Plain was recognized by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) as the 36th biodiversity hotspot in the world. To be so […]
Published: Jun 5th, 2017
By Musa Jundi The majority of coastal marine life depends on habitat-forming organisms like coral and sea vegetation for things like food, protection from the motion of water, and protection […]
Published: May 30th, 2017
By Hannah Klatzkow The biggest obstacle facing current researchers is the unprecedented amount of data that is being collected, shared, and made accessible. The seemingly limitless amount of information that […]