Biodiversity

Public health

Beware of scorpions, spiders, and lionfish

There were 2.1 million accidents involving venomous animals in Brazil between 2007 and 2019

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RETROSPECT

The Amazon’s Treasure

In an eighteenth-century book, a Portuguese Jesuit shows empathy for Indigenous peoples and, as a naturalist, describes rivers, plants, and animals

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FORESTRY ENGINEERING

New technique used to reforest Brumadinho

The innovative experimental technique uses hormones and grafting to reproduce native trees and speed up their flowering time in areas of socioenvironmental disasters

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Environment

The trash trail to the sea

UN study names the Brazilian cities that dispose of the most plastic waste and the rivers that transport it

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ORNITHOLOGY

Study confirms existence of dwarf hyacinth macaws

Research also defined the growth stages of this bird from the Pantanal, which was once an endangered species

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ECOLOGY

Freshwater mangroves identified near the mouth of the Amazon River

Study expands the area occupied by this rare type of coastal ecosystem on the border between Pará and Amapá

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ECOLOGY

Roads associated with mining in the Amazon cause significant environmental damage

The impact caused by roads created to provide access to mines can be 60 times greater than that caused by the mines themselves

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Environment

Frosts hinder Cerrado recovery

Frost can have similar impacts to fire on tree growth

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Video

Researchers are the first to explore the Imeri mountain range

Biologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, from the Biosciences Institute at the University of São Paulo (IB/USP), shows some of the new species collected during expedition to the Imeri mountain range, in Amazonas State near the border with Venezuela | 7'32

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Ecology

Vaccinating primates against yellow fever

Early trials suggest human vaccines are effective in wild primate species susceptible to the yellow fever virus

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PHOTOLAB

Underwater world

Algal reefs growing on volcanic seamounds were named "Coraline Hills"

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BIODIVERSITY

International project preserves seeds of the wild varieties of 28 agricultural crops

Brazil contributed with five samples of sweet potato, four of rice, two of potato, and two of millet

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ECOLOGY

Indigenous lands are home to 71% of the 521 known primate species

Apes and monkeys living in areas inhabited by indigenous peoples are at less risk of extinction

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Biodiversity

Coral reefs shrinking in Abrolhos

Coral reefs off the coast of Bahia have shrunk by 28% over the last 160 years

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Video

Camouflage to blend in the landscape

Mimicking leaves, branches or rocks is one of the most efficient camouflage strategies, but it limits movements and possibilities of living areas | 3'57

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BIOMECHANICS

Why woodpeckers do not suffer from headaches

Why woodpeckers do not suffer headaches, despite pecking tree trunks almost 20 times per second

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ECOLOGY

Solving the problem of honey diversity among native bees

With the help of scientists, states are establishing quality guidelines that differ from those used with Apis mellifera, the exotic species used as standard

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Video

Fishes and corals also suffer with climate change

Altered ocean currents carry less of the microorganisms which feed deep and cold water corals. Closer to the surface, rising temperatures pose energetic challenges for fishes | 3'02

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PROFILE

Scarred forests

International recognition for Brazilian geographer who has spent almost three decades studying the transformations caused by forest fires

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INTERVIEW

Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão: Living with ants

Biologist surveyed species in the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, and the Caatinga, as well as managing museums

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biodiversity

From captivity to the skies

Eight Spix’s macaws bred in captivity were released into the wild in Bahia

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Recognition

Carlos Joly wins 2022 Conrado Wessel award

UNICAMP’s Carlos Joly wins the 2022 FCW Science Award

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OCEANOGRAPHY

A refuge for giant algae

Southern coast of Chile appears to be a safe haven for giant kelp forests

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Paleontology

São Paulo was once covered by forest

São Paulo Metropolitan Area was once covered by vast forest of araucaria trees between 180,000 and 135,000 years ago

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RETROSPECT

Rio-92 consolidated environmental concepts

World conference 30 years ago expanded the international debate on environmental problems started in the late 1960s

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DATA SCIENCE

The machines that make biology a science of huge numbers

DNA sequencers, recorders, drones, and other devices are increasingly being used to save time and shake up research methodologies

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BOTANY

Collection from the Dutch Brazil era includes illustrations of almost 200 plants

Among the flora of northeastern Brazil drawn in the seventeenth century are 35 exotic species originating from abroad, such as sunflowers

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Video

How hummingbirds can explain other species’ extinction

Bird extinction may unleash cascade effect where these pollinators and plants interact most intensely | 2'51

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photolab

Mysterious campinarana

Discovered in 2018, the flamboyant fruit of Tovomita cornuta is already considered endangered

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ECOLOGY

The advantage of native forests

Forests with native species have advantages

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