Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

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Our planet is home to nearly 10 million animal species. Yet, what about the life forms that are invisible to us? How many ...

Healthy soil biodiversity provides crucial services. Pesticide residues in soil disrupt this biodiversity, affecting ecosystem functioning.

The old habit in biodiversity science was to treat species counts as a mostly settled backdrop, then debate decline, recovery, and risk on top of that. That backdrop is starting to look unstable, and ...

Absolute Batman No. 17 debuts this universe's Poison Ivy, and it's one of the scariest things in DC Comics...or is it?

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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Indicator species are living organisms that tell us that something has changed or is going to change in their environment. They can be easily observed, and studying them is considered a cost-effective ...