Biodiversity (from "biological diversity") refers to the variety of living species and organisms — and their genes — that inhabit a particular area, from microscopic bacteria to small and ...

Honeybees also serve a vital role in biodiversity. The USDA says they pollinate $15 billion worth of crops every year, helping support life for more than 130 agricultural products. The honey they ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

It stands for Marine Global Earth Observatory. It’s a developing initiative at the Smithsonian to take on a new role with respect to monitoring marine biodiversity around the world. We must have ...

Marine biologists study marine life, from the smallest, single-celled organisms to the largest mammal on the planet, the blue whale. These professionals explore diverse ecosystems, from coastal ...

Environmental stability on Earth allowed marine biodiversity to flourish. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 07 / 220713114550.htm.

The city’s amazing biodiversity should be a priority for all sectors and placed at the heart of every policy decision and development.

The long-term impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and management strategies required to mitigate further damage were ...

The model also helps resolve an ongoing puzzle in the geographic pattern of marine biodiversity. Marine biodiversity increases steadily from the poles towards the tropics, but drops off at the equator ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...