Ecology
Ecology

Floodplains foster bird diversity in the Amazon
Study shows floodplains foster bird diversity in the Amazon
By Redação
GOOD PRACTICES

Ecologist accused of fabricating data in ocean acidification study
The journal Science retracts article by researcher from the University of Delaware
By Redação
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
By Redação
biodiversity

From captivity to the skies
Eight Spix’s macaws bred in captivity were released into the wild in Bahia
By Redação
ECOLOGY

Beetle helps in propolis production
USP researchers have identified a beetle essential for the production of red propolis
By Redação
Video

How hummingbirds can explain other species’ extinction
Bird extinction may unleash cascade effect where these pollinators and plants interact most intensely | 2'51
By Redação
Video

The uncertain identity of the pigmy marmoset
Brazilian primatologist Jean Boubli, from Salford University, in the UK, and his team, solved a 19th century mistery regarding the world's smallest monkeys | 3'47
By Redação
VIDEO

Where do Brazilian whales go
Researchers use recognition algorithms to understand humpback whale annual migrations | 3'11
By Redação
Paleoecology

Caribbean incursions
Studies back up the hypothesis that the Caribbean Sea flooded parts of the western Amazon between 23 and 10 million years ago
By Tiago Jokura
Environment

Colorado River losing water
Water availability for ecosystems and human use is under threat in the Colorado River basin in the southwestern USA
By Redação
Biodiversity

The great ocean fertilizers
Whales are the largest living beings on the planet and play an important role in recycling ocean nutrients
By Redação
Biodiversity

Deforestation and hungry harpy eagles
The largest eagle in the world, is disappearing from some regions of the Amazon as a result of deforestation
By Redação
Video

Harpy eagles are disappearing from parts of the Amazon
Preys for the largest eagle on Earth dwindle in deforested areas | 1'58
By Redação
Photolab

The harvestman with eight canes
Of all the harvestman species found in Brazil, Giupponia Chagasi is the best adapted to living in caves—a trait known as troglomorphism
By Redação
Video

These birds show how species arise
Ornithologist Luís Fábio Silveira, curator of the bird collections at the Zoology Museum of the University of São Paulo (MZ-USP), explains how studies with capuchino seedeaters help understanding their diversification by means of evolution | 5'46
By Redação