AI needs solid botanical data more than ever
I graduated in 2017 from one of the last stand-alone botany departments in the United States. My undergraduate…
Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice
Bánki, O. et al. Catalogue of Life (2025-11-16 XR) (Catalogue of Life Foundation, 2025); https://doi.org/10.48580/dgvbl. Miralles, A. et…
Marine protected areas marginally offset anthropogenic declines in tropical reef fish contributions to nature and people
Carson, R. Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 1962). Hallmann, C. A. et al. More than 75 percent decline over…
The natural architecture of oyster reefs maximizes recruit survival
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Projected human land-use pressures and natural habitat conversion risk within global terrestrial protected areas
Protected Planet Report 2020 (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, 2021). Pringle, R. M. Upgrading protected areas to conserve wild biodiversity.…
scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
Tadeo Ramirez-Parada studied the timing of plant flowering for his PhD — but he didn’t touch a single…
Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity. Decision 15/28: biodiversity and agriculture. CBD https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-28-en.pdf (2022). FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD & EC.…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses (HPAIV) Associated with Major Southern Elephant Seal Decline at South Georgia
Ling, J. K. & Bryden, M. M. in Handbook of Marine Mammals Vol. 2 (eds S.H. Ridgway &…
Hybridization mitigates climate change risk in mountainous birds
Scheffers, B. R. et al. The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science…
Learning the syntax of plant assemblages
A visualization of the methodology used in this paper is shown in Fig. 1, a more complete overview…
Should genetically modified wildlife be banned? Scientists weigh the risks
A corroboree frog is tested for chytrid fungus. Introducing genetic changes to these frogs could help to make…
Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks
Jones, K. E. et al. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 451, 990–993 (2008). Article CAS PubMed …