The measurement of biodiversity is complex and has a qualitative as well as a quantitative aspect. If a species is genetically unique — if, for instance, it's far out on a remote arm of the ...

North America's freshwater mussels are both impressively diverse and highly imperiled. Nearly 300 species occur in the United States and Canada, and up to 40 species of the hard-shelled bottom ...

SAVING THE POLAR BEAR: BACKGROUND . The Center has been working on behalf of polar bears since 2001, when we successfully challenged the Bush administration’s suppression of a report implicating its ...

Genetic diversity also helps provide species resilience in a rapidly changing world. Image by ICRISAT via Flickr ( CC BY-NC 2.0 ). ‘It is not a gradual process’ ...

Some 875 species have been recorded as declining to extinction between 1500 and 2009 which, the observant will note, is entirely consistent with a background of extinction rate of 1-2 species per ...

The important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment. Patrice looks at the important role species diversity plays in maintaining a health environment. Next she and Dave ...

For the study, published June 6 in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers used genomic analysis to more accurately delineate the places of 19 black bass species in the tree of life.Importantly, ...

Species diversity promotes ecosystem stability. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 / 240321155337.htm. McGill University.

Tree species diversity offers modest health benefits and supports biodiversity. Regardless of structure, forest exposure consistently improves mental well-being. This summary was automatically ...