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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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Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor (news.mongabay.com) 0 supersquirrel 15 »
MBARI Study Links Swimming Behavior to Eye Evolution in Deep-Sea Amphipods - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 8 »
Limpet Shells Reveal How Deep-Sea Vent Creatures Cross Vast Ocean Distances - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 8 »
[CW: Starling attacked by Sparrowhawk] A window on the wild: The best of British wildlife photography (www.countrylife.co.uk) 0 Trying2KnowMyself [they/them/their/theirs/themself] 14 »
Ontario Cooper’s hawks on the hunt, in photos | The Narwhal (thenarwhal.ca) 0 supersquirrel 18 »
Can Plants Hear Running Water? What Science Says About Vibration Detection (shuncy.com) 0 solo 16 »
In 'Death Knell for America's Wildlife,' Trump Admin Guts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org) 2 Salamence 58 »
Beavers brought a volcanic wasteland back to life. Now it’s under threat (news.mongabay.com) 0 Salamence 38 »
Hidden in plain sight: Caribbean reef fish nestle in tube worms, revealing previously undocumented partnership (phys.org) 1 solo 10 »
Single Bottle Cap Carried 307 Hitchhiking Species Across the Pacific - environment coastal & offshore (ecomagazine.com) 0 supersquirrel 31 »
Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil's crucial microbes. Using less might pay off for farms in unexpected ways (phys.org) 6 supersquirrel 52 »
Climate Change Is Helping an Invasive Predator Wreak Havoc on Iconic Alaskan Fish - Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org) 1 supersquirrel 19 »
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity (theconversation.com) 0 supersquirrel 13 »
Voyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in ice (www.theguardian.com) 0 supersquirrel 14 »
Lake Chad supports 2.48 million waterbirds, emerging as one of Africa's top wetland refuges (phys.org) 0 supersquirrel 13 »
Hong Kong’s urban cockatoos could be a genetic lifeline for Indonesian ancestors (news.mongabay.com) 0 supersquirrel 15 »
Yakama Nation holds naming ceremony for spider previously unknown to scientists (indiginews.com) 0 supersquirrel 19 »
Although woodland salamanders have looked the same for millions of years, their physiology has evolved rapidly (phys.org) 0 ZeroCool 19 »
Spider which uses spring trap to capture prey discovered in Australia (www.bbc.com) 1 tgcoldrockn 13 »
Palm oil, coconut and soybean drive more species extinction than previously thought (phys.org) 3 solo 42 »
New walking shark discovered in Papua New Guinea (news.mongabay.com) 4 solo 32 »
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes (arstechnica.com) 0 supersquirrel 4 »
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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.

Notice Board

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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  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
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