New data on current insect extinction
Abundance and diversity of insects is drastically reducing worldwide
Abundance and diversity of insects is drastically reducing worldwide
“There is a risk of losing this knowledge, so its sharing is urgent”
"Science is giving and will give the safe answers, which politicians need to base their public health decisions, but it needs, for that, time to correct any errors and dispel doubts and uncertainties inherent to the scientific method itself"
Like the islands of the East Atlantic, islands around the world have been largely transformed by human activities.
In a study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, an international team of scientists proposes a roadmap for immediate, medium and long-term measures to respond to declining insect abundance.
Forest devastation, particularly rainforest, and immense herds with innumerable heads of cattle, are currently one of the most relevant factors that contribute to climate change and, consequently, to Global Warming
For decades, specialists seeking to explain the emergence of complex group behaviors, such as the formation of shoals of fish, have been divided into two fields of investigation. Now, thanks to an unprecedented artificial intelligence model that bridges the gap between the two points of view, this division could have its days numbered
In Portugal, there are 13 species of cicadas
Sul Informação was a media partner of the event
“Seeing Biology up close” is the theme of this year's edition
In comparison, the success rate of sea lettuce “is superior”