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Staying current for Chapter 7 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-05-21. Individual clown anemonefish shrink to survive heat stress and social conflict. By Melissa A. Versteeg et al, Science. Abstract: Vertebrate growth is generally considered to be unidirectional, but challenging environmental conditions, such as heatwaves, may disrupt normal growth patterns […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-01-07. The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland. By  Caroline Van Hemert, bioGraphic. Excerpt: …Peregrine falcons hold near-mythical appeal in our collective imagination, and for good reason. Topping out at speeds of more than 320 kilometers (200 miles) per hour, they’re the fastest species on Earth, plummeting […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-04-17. Toxic metals abound in soils worldwide, new global map reveals. By Erik Stokstad, Science. Excerpt: …researchers have created the first global map of toxic metals in soils, showing that vast swaths of land are contaminated from a combination of […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-04-30. ‘Major breakthrough’: A natural gene variant protects rice from heat waves. By Erik Stokstad, Science. Excerpt: Rice plants usually love warmth. But when they start to flower, hot nights can result in meager harvests and chalky grain. So […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-05-21. Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds. By Rachel Nuwer, Science. Excerpt: Hummingbird feeders are …a convenient dining spot for the birds. But for the Anna’s hummingbird, a common species in the western United States, […]

Staying current for Chapter 2  { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2023-10-16. Blood Memory–The American Buffalo. [https://www.pbs.org/video/american-buffalo-episode-1-blood-memory/] or [https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-buffalo] Documentary By Ken Burns. Description: For untold generations, America’s national mammal sustained the lives of Native people, whose cultures were intertwined with the animal. Newcomers to the continent bring a different view of the natural world, and […]

Staying current for Chapter 1 {2021}-{2011–2020}-{2001–2010} See Non-chronological resources { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-05-22. International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May. By United Nations. Excerpt: In December 2022, the world came together and agreed on a global plan to transform our relationship with nature. The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, sets 23 targets […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2001–2010 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2010 Nov 26. The Fight for Yasuni. By Eric Marx, Science. Abstract: Over the past decade, biologists working in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park and the adjoining Waorani Ethnic Reserve, a 17,000-kilometer section of the Amazon Basin […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2011–2020 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2020-12-17. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade. By Rachel Nuwer, The New York Times. Excerpt: In 2008, workers searching for diamonds off the coast of Namibia found a different kind of treasure: hundreds of […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2021 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2021-11-18. Europe’s declining butterflies find new refuge: old quarries and coal mines. By Warren Cornwall, Science Magazine. Excerpt: Abandoned limestone quarries provide a better habitat than some meadows… [https://www.science.org/content/article/europe-s-declining-butterflies-find-new-refuge-old-quarries-and-coal-mines] 2021-10-14. The Most Important Global Meeting […]