Conservationists have sounded the alarm for decades that habitat fragmentation is just as devastating to elephant populations ...
A new study has found that when deforestation and land use change break up key habitats vital to amphibian life cycles, those ...
Close up of a rare and endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) in the highlands of Bale mountains, Ethiopia.© Giedriius/Shutterstock.com Habitat fragmentation can decrease biodiversity by up to 75% ...
A Penn State-led study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that frogs in connected habitats host more beneficial skin microbes that protect against a deadly fungal pathogen. Habitat fragmentation from ...
This article originally appeared on The Revelator. Imagine a vast agricultural field, endless rows of soy or corn running for acres in every direction. Now imagine that this field grows where a mighty ...
The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan (CKU) railway megaproject poses a threat to the habitat of the snow leopard in Kyrgyzstan, ...
A University of Florida professor visited the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 5, to discuss the impact of habitat fragmentation and drought on tropical plants. Emilio Bruna spoke to the ...
Imagine you’re a fairywren living in a patch of scrub behind a schoolyard in the suburbs. It’s been pretty nice so far, but a recent increase in neighbourhood cats and the council’s insect control ...
Being close to a natural habitat such as a forest doesn't necessarily make farmland more attractive to pollinators, a new study shows.