Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Reclusive and under threat

Deforestation is destroying the habitat of the timid and elusive short-eared dog, the only canid species endemic to the Amazon

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Video

How science helps environmental conservation

Biota-Fapesp program reaches its 20th anniversary lending scientific bases to the creation of nature preservation areas and the search for sustainable development in São Paulo state

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Video

In violin bow construction, each wood type is unique

Biologist Eduardo Longui, from the Forest Institute of São Paulo, and architect and bowmaker Daniel Lombardi search for alternatives to brazilwood for manufacturing bows for cellos and violins. | 10'03

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Careers

Dedicated to nature

Researcher switches from business administration to biology and becomes a leading expert in environmental preservation

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Environment

Fire and biodiversity

Experiment suggests that small, controlled fires increase the number of plant species in the Cerrado without decreasing the number of animals

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Careers

Rock ‘n’ roll spiders

Biologist honors musicians from famous bands in descriptions of new spider species

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Diplomacy

A chance to be bold

Global initiative sets 10-year targets to stabilize biodiversity losses, and 30-year targets for reversing them

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Ecology

Winged invasion

In four decades, 35 alien bird species have colonized deforested areas on experimental properties in Brazil’s Amazon

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Paleontology

The extinct manatee of Rondônia

Newly discovered species lived in the Madeira River region 45,000 years ago

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Biodiversity

The diversity of the Caatinga

The Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest

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Zoology

What’s for dinner?

The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner

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Biodiversity

Colorful but discreet

If you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper

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Zoology

Rescuing the watercolors

New book gathers more than 500 "lost" drawings of Brazilian fish produced during a 19th century expedition

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Ecology

Pollinating ants

The ant species Camponotus crassus is the primary fertilizer of the evergreen plant species Paepalanthus lundii, endemic to the Cerrado of Minas Gerais

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Zoology

Cooperation between parrots

Biologists have discovered possible evidence of cooperative behavior among birds that has previously only been observed in mammals

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Photolab

A house in the trees

In the Amazon, bats of the Mesophylla genus sometimes sleep under large tree leaves

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Video

Matamata, a bizarre turtle from Amazonia

The description of a new species may help fighting against illegal trafficking of these rainforest animals | 4'03

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How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?

Throughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region

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Video

These parrots use probability to get food

Biologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use

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Vídeo

Biologists uncover pollinating opossum

Almost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower

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Tourism

Travel lessons

Travel itineraries combine science learning with exploring new horizons, allowing visitors to act as research assistants on scientific studies

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Ornithology

A comeback in the Atlantic Forest

Alagoas curassows are reintroduced into their habitat 40 years after going extinct in the wild

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Environment

Oil spill spreads

Analysis suggests three potential sources of the oil near the Brazilian coast

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Environment

Deforestation increases, CO2 emissions stabilize

The rate of deforestation in the Legal Amazon increased by 30% between August 2018 and July 2019

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Biodiversity

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes ride the wind in Africa

High-altitude winds in West Africa can carry insects over great distances

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Ecology

Plants that grow on iron

Research finds 38 plant species that exist only in the so-called Amazonian cangas, a type of rupestrian grassland found in the Serra de Carajás area

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Interview

Vera Lucia Imperatriz Fonseca: The vast world of bees

For 20 years, the biologist has defended the role of pollinators in conserving native forests and expanding agricultural production

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Photolab

Underwater nursery

The Okenia polycerelloides sea slug reproduces in the pantry

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Oceanography

Revelations from a submerged archipelago

Beaches, rivers, and mangroves covered a mountain range that was above sea level 40 million years ago

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Biodiversity

A deadly month for right whales

At least six right whales were found floating dead in the icy waters of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off the east coast of Canada

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