• Teacher primer: What are invasive species? (nhm.ac.uk)
  • This resource looks at invasive species and how they can become a problem. (nhm.ac.uk)
  • Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) , also known as aquatic invasive species, are non-native plants, animals, or diseases that do not naturally occur in a given area. (georgiawildlife.com)
  • Once introduced, it is often difficult or impossible to eradicate invasive species. (georgiawildlife.com)
  • The Maine Natural Areas Program seeks to fill a Biologist II (Invasive Plant Biologist) vacancy in Augusta, Maine. (umaine.edu)
  • Horizon scanning for new invasive non-native species in England. (brc.ac.uk)
  • DNR is seeking sighting information for invasive species in Indiana. (in.gov)
  • If you believe you have spotted an invasive species, report it and, if possible, get pictures to assist in expert identification. (in.gov)
  • The Terrestrial Plant Rule ( 312 IAC 18-3-25 ) designates 44 species of plants as invasive pests. (in.gov)
  • At 2:00 PM on 26 January 2017, in the Leventis Hall of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (NMNHS) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences a permanent exhibition devoted to the invasive alien species will be opened. (nmnhs.com)
  • The preparation of this exhibition is one of the goals under project: East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species - A tool to support the management of alien species in Bulgaria (ESENIAS-TOOLS), D-33-51/30.06.2015, funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014, within the frame of Programme BG03 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. (nmnhs.com)
  • The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's Marine Invasions Lab travels the globe to better understand the movement and impacts of invasive species. (si.edu)
  • DRY boats in the essential work to help protect the state's waters from aquatic invasive species like hydrilla, water chestnut, and spiny waterflea. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • In 2019, stewards talked with more than 250,000 water recreationists about aquatic invasive species and what can be done to prevent their spread. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • They also kept a lookout for invasive species at the waterbodies where they worked. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Agriculture and Markets have announced that the seventh annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) will be held June 7-13. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • ISAW is an annual statewide campaign with the purpose of building an awareness of the threat invasive species pose to New York States ecosystem. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Paul Smith's College professor of forestry, Randall Swanson, will talk about the danger posed by invasive species such as the Emerald Ash Borer, Spotted Lanternfly, and Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, and explain what we can do to better protect our trees. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) recently presented new research detailing the threat of aquatic invasive species in Adirondack lakes at the Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society meeting in Lake Placid. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Invasive Species Management Grant Program funded AWI to undertake two studies. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Nonetheless, locusts have become such a problem that in 2014 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) declared the locust a Regulated Invasive Species , meaning it "cannot be knowingly introduced into a free-living state. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • They are hiring paid watershed stewards, decontamination technicians, and supervisors to help safeguard against aquatic invasive species and protect Adirondack waterways. (adirondackalmanack.com)
  • Cylindro is one of many species of blue-green algae and is considered invasive and harmful. (michigan.gov)
  • An additional amount of $1,791,421 from Coral Reef and Natural Resources FY 2021 funds was also announced earlier this year for the purpose of controlling and mitigating other invasive species in the Insular Areas besides the brown tree snake. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • Islands are particularly vulnerable to invasive species that disrupt natural, long-standing biological processes and threaten our unique, island eco-systems," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Keone Nakoa. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech announced $942,206 in fiscal year (FY) 2020 Coral Reef and Natural Resources Initiative grants to eradicate and control the spread of invasive species in the U.S. territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), as well as in the Republic of Palau, and Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • The funding includes $1,541,421 that will support efforts to control and eradicate invasive species in the insular areas. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • Biodiversity is steadily lost due to increasing deforestation, land conversion, pollution, climate change and invasive species. (lu.se)
  • The species, which will become much more vulnerable to extinction, include 886 species of amphibians, 436 types of birds, and 376 species of mammals. (earth.com)
  • While their introduction may be the result of a natural event (e.g. hurricane, flood, or transport by birds/etc.), more times than not their introduction is the result of human activities. (georgiawildlife.com)
  • The Everyday Guide to British Birds describes 80 common and widespread species that we're most likely to come across in Britain and explains what makes each of them unique. (bloomsbury.com)
  • Different foods will attract different birds, so having a wide selection of a bird food buffet can attract a wide variety of species into your backyard. (doitbest.com)
  • The species of birds that will decide to feed on your suet depends on the type of suet, the feeder style, the season, and what other foods are available. (doitbest.com)
  • In Guinea-Bissau and some other African countries, natural parks were host to various species of migratory birds. (who.int)
  • They found that by 2070, an increase in land use for human activities will shrink the natural habitats of 1,700 species, putting them at a greater risk of extinction. (earth.com)
  • The dataset contains surveys which contributed to the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) programme, EU funded BioMar Life project, SNH Site Condition Monitoring including broad scale surveys in support of the Natura process, surveys to establish the impact of specific activities on marine habitats and species and surveys to support the Scottish Marine Protected Areas project. (gbif.org)
  • Because these habitats are unprotected, and the species frequently changes nest sites annually, conservation efforts are complicated (Center for Biological Diversity and Wild Nature Institute 2014). (cnlm.org)
  • Acinia corniculata , a picture winged fly that is classed as endangered, as is the Ladybird Clitostethus arcuatus , Anobium nitidum , a beetle found at fewer than 10 sites in the UK and Lucanus cervus , the iconic Stag beetle which is listed as a priority species on Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act and on Annex II of the Habitats Directive. (buglife.org.uk)
  • This site is of high value, it is made up of a mosaic of habitats in very close proximity and it is therefor able to fulfil the specialist requirements of a number of different species. (buglife.org.uk)
  • Echinochloa species are distributed globally from tropical to temperate regions and across a wide range of habitats, including agricultural and non-agricultural fields. (nature.com)
  • Through the implementation of MESA, MassWildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program conserves and protects the most vulnerable animals and plants of Massachusetts and the habitats upon which they depend. (mass.gov)
  • Frosted elfin habitat includes grassy openings in pitch pine-scrub oak barrens, but also less natural habitats such as utility line rights-of-way, railways, old sand and gravel pits, and the margins of airfields. (mass.gov)
  • This species occurs in coastal habitats, at higher elevation inland sites, and just about everywhere in between. (teachervision.com)
  • Long term project efforts also include programs to acquire or protect significant habitats and areas used by federally listed species. (wvdnr.gov)
  • With just moderate changes in human land-use, the experts determined that about 1,700 species will likely lose between 30 and 50 percent of their current habitat ranges by 2070. (earth.com)
  • The Astrolabe reef off the coast of New Caledonia is home to more than 1,700 species of fish and 473 species of coral, many of which live in massive lagoons that together are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Community-wide asynchrony mediated the positive effects of species richness and response diversity (describing how species with similar effects on ecosystem function respond differently to environmental change) on multifunctional stability. (datadryad.org)
  • However, species richness had a negative direct effect on multifunctional stability because, although it increased the averaged temporal mean of multiple functions, it strongly increased the averaged temporal standard deviation of multiple functions. (datadryad.org)
  • The overall effects of species richness on multifunctional stability were thus negative, whereas those of response diversity were positive. (datadryad.org)
  • We conclude that species asynchrony and response diversity, rather than species richness, are key to the ecosystem multifunctional stability. (datadryad.org)
  • And if species go extinct unnoticed, scientists also miss the chance to capture the complete richness of life on Earth for future generations. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The species is threatened by both predation and habitat loss. (onda.org)
  • Our natural resource conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damage caused by floods and other natural disasters. (usda.gov)
  • In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the Natural Resources Council of Maine is partnering with Maine photographer Nathaniel Child on a blog and photography series to bring awareness to some of Maine's threatened and endangered species and their habitat. (nrcm.org)
  • Our analyses allow us to track how political and economic decisions - through their associated changes to the global land cover - are expected to cause habitat range declines in species worldwide. (earth.com)
  • The greatest habitat loss and extinction risk will be suffered by species in Central and East Africa, Mesoamerica, South America, and Southeast Asia. (earth.com)
  • This species has been impacted by changes in land use and loss of habitat. (cnlm.org)
  • The gardens currently provide vital habitat for species struggling to exist in other places and acting as a 'stepping stone' for wildlife allowing them to move and disperse through urban green space and the wider landscape. (buglife.org.uk)
  • This article includes a description of the Eastern Newt, as well as an explanation of its habitat, natural history, conservation status, and more. (teachervision.com)
  • Those species are considered as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity alongside climate change and habitat destruction. (nmnhs.com)
  • To address these threats the WVDNR has developed, with input from conservation partners and independent taxa experts, a comprehensive population management plan for this species that will guide propagation and repatriation efforts for non-hybrid animals into suitable habitat. (wvdnr.gov)
  • We study societal and natural dimensions of biodiversity loss, its drivers and impacts, and interlinked challenges of climate change, land use, energy systems and habitat loss. (lu.se)
  • Losses in species populations can irreversibly hamper the functioning of ecosystems and human quality of life," said Professor Jetz. (earth.com)
  • It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. (archive.org)
  • We analyze population and strategy (= heritable phenotype) dynamics of the two populations under clade initiation (when species are introduced into a. (lu.se)
  • We analyze population and strategy (= heritable phenotype) dynamics of the two populations under clade initiation (when species are introduced into a population), evolutionary tracking (constant, small changes in the environment), adaptive radiation (availability of multiple ecological niches), and evolutionary rescue (extreme environmental disturbances). (lu.se)
  • This module will explain how fitness differences cause adaptive change, maintain polymorphism, and contribute to adaptive differences between individuals, populations and species. (lu.se)
  • These undescribed organisms represent a fraction of the undiscovered species found in the deep ocean, which scientists are working to understand before deep sea mining begins. (nhm.ac.uk)
  • The List of native species of organisms for biological control, which is an important part of the Regulations on biological control, currently includes a total of 35 species of beneficial insects and mites and entomopathogenic nematodes. (bvsalud.org)
  • to identify and eliminate organisms that get through the body's natural barriers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Treatment of cellulitis caused by uncommon organisms, such as Vibrio species or gram-negative bacteria, should be individualized (eg, tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones or aminoglycosides for Vibrio infection). (medscape.com)
  • Conserving our natural resources is a vital part of creating and maintaining healthy ecosystems on our nation's lands. (usda.gov)
  • If the country's leaders can deliver on that commitment and implement strong protections for large parts of the EEZ, the Coral Sea Natural Park will foster healthy marine ecosystems and sustainable tourism, and help preserve the waters of New Caledonia for generations to come. (pewtrusts.org)
  • This research is important not only due to the number of potentially new species discovered, but because these megafauna specimens have previously only been studied from seabed images,' the Museum researcher says. (nhm.ac.uk)
  • Without the specimens and the DNA data they hold, we cannot properly identify the animals and understand how many different species there are. (nhm.ac.uk)
  • Remarkably, of the 55 specimens recovered, 48 were different species. (nhm.ac.uk)
  • We describe a new species of Cyrtodactylus on the basis of four specimens collected from the limestone karst forest of Phu Yen District, Son La Province, Vietnam. (researchgate.net)
  • The studied ecosystem functions related to ecosystem productivity and carbon sequestration are important in natural grasslands across the world. (datadryad.org)
  • Plant species already in trade will be prohibited from sale one year later (April 18, 2020). (in.gov)
  • The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA)! (mass.gov)
  • On the voyage of the Beagle the young Charles Darwin took a break between graduating and starting his career as a clergyman to study the natural history of South America, an interest he had developed at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite their overwhelming abundance, relatively few of the thousands of species. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The type and severity of the host response is often related to the species and strain of the dermatophyte causing the infection. (medscape.com)
  • The dermatophytes are the only fungi that have evolved a dependency on human or animal infection for the survival and dissemination of their species. (medscape.com)
  • Tinea capitis (caused by the species of genera Trichophyton and Microsporum) is the most common pediatric dermatophyte infection. (medscape.com)
  • In phylogenetic analyses, the new species is nested in a clade consisting of C. huongsonensis and C. soni from northern Vietnam and C. cf. pulchellus from Malaysia based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. (researchgate.net)
  • New Caledonia is home to a rich array of wildlife, including 2.5 million seabirds and over 9,300 marine species, many of which thrive in and around remote coral reefs off the island nation's coast. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species highlights the most important morphological features relevant to the recognition and identification of virtually every rhododendron species currently in cultivation. (nhbs.com)
  • Owing to their highly plastic plant architecture and morphological similarities across the genus, barnyard grass species are very difficult to delimit on the basis of morphological criteria. (nature.com)
  • It's critical to identify undescribed species and the threats they face , said Martin Cheek, a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom, because if experts and policymakers don't know an endangered species exists, they can't take action to preserve it. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Several species of dermatophytes commonly invade human keratin, and these belong to the Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton genera. (medscape.com)
  • We recommend listening to this Cottonwood Canyon Riparian Soundscape while you read this Species Spotlight. (onda.org)
  • MassWildlife's Species Spotlight for April is the frosted elfin! (mass.gov)
  • To celebrate, MassWildlife will be highlighting one rare species each month as a Species Spotlight. (mass.gov)
  • On two occasions, one X. velatus was observed coordinating its movements with those of other bird species while flying over savanna vegetation. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is the first study to report on parallel locomotor play for a bird species. (bvsalud.org)
  • This dataset is a collation of species records from these surveys and has been produced to mobilise these records to a broad spectrum of users and in so doing it contributes to Scottish Natural Heritage's ongoing commitment to the National Biodiversity Network. (gbif.org)
  • The exhibition has been arranged jointly by NMNHS and Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research and its main aim is to inform the public about the threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functions, which are posed by the introduction and spread of alien species in the territory of Bulgaria and Europe as a whole. (nmnhs.com)
  • Frequent, minor environmental changes promote the extinction of species with small population sizes, regardless of their evolvability. (lu.se)
  • Both federal and state agencies have identified pygmy rabbit as a species of conservation concern. (onda.org)
  • There are 15 species of conservation concern noted within the gardens which could become locally extinct if the redevelopment goes ahead. (buglife.org.uk)
  • Learn about this small butterfly, how MassWildlife biologists are working to protect this species of special concern, and what you can do to help. (mass.gov)
  • This was published in November 1859 as On the Origin of Species. (wikipedia.org)
  • They also provide food and shelter for too many wildlife species to mention. (onda.org)
  • In Slovenia , only the native natural enemies of plant pests that are on the EPPO Positive List of biological control agents can be used in agricultural production to control plant pests. (bvsalud.org)
  • Natural enemy species, which are an integral part of the EPPO Positive List of biological control agents , can be included on the list of native biological control species via a special procedure . (bvsalud.org)
  • Provides access to all site resources, with the option to search by species common and scientific names. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • Native natural enemies of plant pests in Slovenia with an emphasis on species suitable for mass rearing. (bvsalud.org)
  • ONDA's conservation efforts throughout the high desert, and particularly in the Greater Hart-Sheldon, offer hope for this cute, and iconic, desert species. (onda.org)
  • Pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis), meaning "short rabbit first identified and found in Idaho," are our smallest rabbit, after the three larger native and introduced cottontail species and the brush rabbits of North America. (onda.org)
  • However, he spelt out the details of Natural Selection to Lyell, who found the idea hard to accept but urged Darwin to publish to establish priority. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3. We found that community-wide species asynchrony was a strong driver to stabilize multiple functions. (datadryad.org)
  • I have found it difficult, when looking at any two species, to avoid picturing to myself forms DIRECTLY intermediate between them. (literaturepage.com)
  • Describes many species very rarely found in cultivation. (nhbs.com)
  • Of the permanent resident listed species, three are West Virginia endemics, that is, are found only within the state of West Virginia. (wvdnr.gov)
  • Ferritin is a natural protein that can be found in cells from all living species. (medscape.com)
  • The main cause, however, of innumerable intermediate links not now occurring everywhere throughout nature depends, on the very process of natural selection, through which new varieties continually take the places of and supplant their parent-forms. (literaturepage.com)
  • Zaire ebolavirus , Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and Sudan ebolavirus are the three species of ebolaviruses responsible for the larger outbreaks of Ebola disease in Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Smaller outbreaks of this species have also occurred in DRC and Gabon, as well as the Republic of the Congo and South Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Paragraph 1 stated in that the causative agent, the H5N1 strain of Influenzavirus A , had crossed the species barrier and had infected humans, proving fatal in more than half the cases, whereas in paragraph 4 it was stated that no human case had been associated with any of the most recent animal outbreaks. (who.int)
  • His specialities are natural history, technology and all things scientific. (nhbs.com)
  • Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database rates effectiveness based on scientific evidence according to the following scale: Effective, Likely Effective, Possibly Effective, Possibly Ineffective, Likely Ineffective, Ineffective, and Insufficient Evidence to Rate. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Our results provide genomic insights into the dual roles of Echinochloa species as weeds and crops as well as essential resources for studying plant polyploidization, adaptation, precision weed control and millet improvements. (nature.com)
  • Traditional medicinal plant extracts and natural products with activity against oral bacteria: potential application in the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although listed due to several threats, hybridization with the Variegate Darter due to translocations of bait fish poses immediate threats to this species. (wvdnr.gov)
  • In September 1838 he conceived his theory of natural selection as the cause of evolution, then as well as developing his career as a geologist and writer worked privately on finding evidence and answering possible objections. (wikipedia.org)
  • Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) provides our nation's farmers, ranchers and forestland owners with the knowledge and tools they need to conserve, maintain and restore the natural resources on their lands and improve the health of their operations for the future. (usda.gov)
  • To conserve these species, the WVDNR maintains an active rare, threatened, and endangered species program (WVDNR RTE). (wvdnr.gov)
  • I'm not a fan of Librivox's multi-reader productions, but it works very well for Darwin's rambling and detailed survey of the evidence for natural selection as the cause of the evolution of species over time. (archive.org)
  • In order to better understand the genomic forces driving the evolution of Echinochloa species toward weed and crop characteristics, we assemble genomes of three Echinochloa species (allohexaploid E. crus-galli and E. colona , and allotetraploid E. oryzicola ) and re-sequence 737 accessions of barnyard grasses and millets from 16 rice-producing countries. (nature.com)
  • Finally, disrupting the environment at intermediate frequencies can result in coexistence with cyclical population dynamics of species with different rates of evolution. (lu.se)
  • The integration of our analyses with the Map of Life can support anyone keen to assess how species may suffer under specific future land-use scenarios and help prevent or mitigate these effects," said study co-author Ryan P. Powers. (earth.com)
  • He urged the Director-General to explore the possibilities for enhanced surveillance systems for avian influenza through the use of geographical information systems, especially in rural areas in order to control infectious diseases and reduce the impact of natural disasters, as Japan had discovered by developing a disaster reduction information system following the major earthquake in the Kobe-Hyogo region of the country in 1995. (who.int)
  • Most commonly semi-quantitative recording techniques have been applied using the SACFOR abundance scale, but species presence, and count data have also been used. (gbif.org)
  • I endeavoured to show, that the life of each species depends in a more important manner on the presence of other already defined organic forms, than on climate, and, therefore, that the really governing conditions of life do not graduate away quite insensibly like heat or moisture. (literaturepage.com)
  • To assess the antimicrobial efficacy of five solvent extracts of two Piper species commonly used in diet and traditional medicine, P. cubeba and P. longum , against selected bacterial and oral fungal pathogens i.e. (bvsalud.org)
  • Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (publ. (archive.org)
  • The book's full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life . (archive.org)
  • These two breeds, moreover, have become so much modified, that, if we had no historical or indirect evidence regarding their origin, it would not have been possible to have determined from a mere comparison of their structure with that of the rock-pigeon, C. livia, whether they had descended from this species or from some other allied species, such as C. oenas. (literaturepage.com)
  • This module will explain and exemplify how scientists unravel evolutionary patterns - from the biogeography of species to the origin of new phyla. (lu.se)
  • However, many natural enemy species that are not yet included on the EPPO Positive List have been identified in the period 2007-2022. (bvsalud.org)
  • We update News & Noteworthy weekly with the latest news related to the nature of Maine, including the work of staff at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. (nrcm.org)
  • News release Below is a statement from the organizations of the Kennebec Coalition (Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Rivers, Trout Unlimited, Natural Resources Council of Maine) and the Conservation Law Foundation in response to the lawsuit filed by Brookfield on September 27th against the State of Maine: "Brookfield's lawsuit against the State of Maine is frivolous. (nrcm.org)
  • It is useful as a vaccine platform because it forms particles that can display multiple influenza HA spikes on its surface, mimicking the natural organization of HA on the influenza virus," according to the news release. (medscape.com)
  • 2014. A petition to list tricolored blackbird ( Agelaius tricolor ) as endangered under the California endangered species act and request for emergency action to protect species. (cnlm.org)
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced $2,772,443 in Coral Reef and Natural Resources Initiative (CRNR) grant funds to protect coral reef resources in the U.S. territories and the freely associated states. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • If a species is prohibited or restricted, it is unlawful to possess, introduce, import, sell or offer that species for sale as a live organism , except under certain circumstances. (michigan.gov)
  • Pulchrol (1) is a natural benzochromene isolated from the roots of Bourreria pulchra, shown to possess potent antiparasitic activity towards both Leishmania and Trypanozoma species. (lu.se)
  • Describes and illustrates over 1,000 species. (nhbs.com)
  • Thus, they were performing an undulated ( wavy ) trajectory, a characteristic flight of this species. (bvsalud.org)
  • Alfred Russel Wallace, a naturalist working in Borneo, had a paper on the "introduction" of species published in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (wikipedia.org)
  • But when these ants feel threatened, they raise up their rumps as a warning, says Alice Laciny, an entomologist with Natural History Museum Vienna in Austria who described the first new species of exploding ant since 1935 in the journal Zookeys. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. (nhbs.com)
  • Buglife is objecting to planning permission requested by the Natural History Museum to rip out and remodel the important ecological gardens on site due to the potential impact on rare and endangered invertebrates. (buglife.org.uk)
  • The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the richest museum of natural history on the Balkans. (nmnhs.com)
  • An international team of scientists recently took a close look at the lumps, which had been first collected more than a century ago by resin traders and then housed at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Eastern African forests have nearly disappeared in the past century, and neither bee species has been spotted in surveys conducted in the area since the 1990s, noted coauthor and entomologist Michael Engel, who recently moved from a position at the University of Kansas to the American Museum of Natural History. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Today the New Caledonian government took a critical step toward protecting those places and the species that live there by passing a decree to safeguard 28,000 square kilometers of its waters within four marine protected areas (MPAs). (pewtrusts.org)
  • The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land. (usda.gov)
  • Species that are not native and also have the potential to harm human health or to harm natural, agricultural or silvicultural resources can be listed as prohibited or restricted by the State of Michigan. (michigan.gov)
  • Many scientists agree that humans have pushed extinctions higher than the natural rate of species turnover, but nobody knows the actual toll. (worldcrunch.com)
  • In the tens of millions of years before humans came along, scientists estimate that for every 10,000 species, between 0.1 and 2 went extinct each century. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Records in this dataset were originally collected for a variety of purposes including: identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance, to support protected site designation or to support site condition monitoring. (gbif.org)
  • However, if you are an experienced butterfly observer, or if you manage to obtain a clear, close-up photograph, please report any observations of the frosted elfin to MassWildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP). (mass.gov)
  • By the return journey, he was connecting patterns of geographical and historical distribution, and starting to doubt the stability of Species. (wikipedia.org)
  • Consequently, species names are often used indiscriminately without standard identification criteria, leading to confusion in global species distribution patterns and impeding local precision weed control. (nature.com)
  • Ecology of Common Human Dermatophyte Species. (medscape.com)
  • The presentation of the papers spurred Darwin to write a condensed "abstract" of his "big book" on Natural Selection. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 14 May 1856 Darwin began what became his draft for a book titled Natural Selection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Evolvability is the capacity of a population to generate heritable variation that can be acted upon by natural selection. (lu.se)
  • By viewing this capacity as a trait, evolvability is subject to natural selection and thus plays a critical role in eco-evolutionary dynamics. (lu.se)
  • How does natural selection work and how does selection bring about adaptations? (lu.se)
  • Zaire ebolavirus is the most fatal species. (cdc.gov)