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A community about the variety of life on Earth at all levels; including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...

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Tree species diversity protects forests from climate extremes, study finds (phys.org) 0 ZeroCool 26 »
This tiny raccoon turned trash into toys—and taught her family how, too (www.scientificamerican.com) 1 solo 16 »
Once a legend, humpback whales make a comeback in Brazil (phys.org) 0 ZeroCool 36 »
Plants and their ants: When flora and fauna team up (knowablemagazine.org) 0 solo 9 »
Grassland birds are disappearing even from areas designed to protect them (phys.org) 0 solo 18 »
Marine Biologists Solved a Wildlife Mystery From the Walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge: How the Harbor Porpoise Mates (www.smithsonianmag.com) 0 supersquirrel 15 »
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil | Sci.News (www.sci.news) 0 supersquirrel 15 »
Caught on camera: Sand cats may have a ‘sizable population’ in Qatar (news.mongabay.com) 1 supersquirrel 61 »
Invertebrate of the year 2026: vote for your favourite (www.theguardian.com) 1 supersquirrel 14 »
What lives in the rivers near you? Why scientists want you to know (www.cbc.ca) 0 supersquirrel 7 »
Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants | Sci.News (www.sci.news) 2 supersquirrel 19 »
New York dumped more than 2,000 subway cars into the Atlantic, and 26 years later the seafloor around them looks nothing like before (www.vozpopuli.com) 3 supersquirrel 26 »
A Gnarly Situation: High-Elevation Discovery Raises New Questions About Which California Trees Will Survive Climate Change • The Revelator (therevelator.org) 1 supersquirrel 23 »
Whale of the Month: Minke Whale • The Revelator (therevelator.org) 0 supersquirrel 11 »
Scientists resolve the Hawaiian honeycreeper family tree (www.port.ac.uk) 0 supersquirrel 17 »
Mammals Intermingled Before the North and South Americas Connected | Research UC Berkeley (vcresearch.berkeley.edu) 0 supersquirrel 9 »
Who Gets to Decide the Fate of a Pristine Alaskan Rainforest? (e360.yale.edu) 3 supersquirrel 21 »
Avocado flowers switch sex daily—now we know why (web.archive.org) 7 solo 33 »
MBARI Maps California's Octopus Garden with High-Resolution Seafloor Technology - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 12 »
Africa’s smallest wildcat found using abandoned rodent burrows to raise kittens (news.mongabay.com) 4 supersquirrel 44 »
Research Reveals How Sperm Whales Use Bubbles to Sleep Vertically - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 16 »
WHOI Researchers Find Reef Health Signals Hidden in Seawater Chemistry - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 8 »
Arctic Bobtail Squid Spotted in Natural Habitat for the First Time - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 12 »
Sharks, spines and speed: The hidden architecture behind different swimming styles revealed (phys.org) 0 supersquirrel 23 »
How the World’s Highest-Altitude Mammal Thrives (www.the-scientist.com) 0 supersquirrel 9 »
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About this forum

Welcome to c/Biodiversity @ Mander.xyz!

A community about the variety of life on Earth at all levels; including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

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This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.

2023-06-16: We invite our users to contribute resources for the sidebar.

2023-06-15: Looking for mods!

About

Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...

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