"Why and how did life become so diverse? This has been a central problem in biology. Experimen-tal Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity explores how diversity evolves in microbial popula-tions ...

Taxonomic endemism and phylogenetic endemism are both important measures of biodiversity. The former describes the number of ...

Phylogenetics and conservation biology : drawing a path into the diversity of life / Roseli Pellens and Philippe Grandcolas -- Questions. The value of phylogenetic diversity / Christopher Lean and ...

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You might think of ants as being everywhere all the time, but it turns out they live in nine distinct areas of the planet. For the first time, researchers have mapped the "biogeographic realms" where ...

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The biodiversity of the Earth’s oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs — the vibrant undersea ecosystems where thousands of known marine species reside. A new Yale-led study offers ...

A team of scientists has formally proposed that a vast stretch of central China, spanning roughly 1.54 million square ...