Usually, the “what came first” question refers to the chicken and the egg, but that’s not the case for UA researchers John Wiens and Tereza Jezkova, professor and postdoctoral researcher in the ...

It’s no accident that San Diego remains one of the nation’s top hotspots for biological diversity. The region has conserved more than 1.34 million acres of land to date, nearly half of the entire ...

Climate change is pushing Florida’s native marine species into new regions across the state. You can call them the new natives. Climate change could shift the kinds of fish swimming in your favorite ...

Every living thing spreads an invisible signature across its landscape, whether it’s a badger ambling through the grass, an oak growing in the forest, or an eagle soaring overhead. Fur, feathers, skin ...

Every ecosystem is shaped by billions of invisible battles: organisms competing for light, nutrients, space, or mates. These competitive interactions determine which species survive, how they evolve, ...

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are ...

When Gray Skipper set out to conserve thousands of acres of his Alabama timberland, he never imagined being met with a federal penalty. In 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 30,000 ...

A type of white-tailed deer unique to the Florida Keys has been on the endangered species list for nearly 60 years. Only about 800 Key deer remain, and their habitat is under growing threat from ...

Mike Allen, a fisheries professor and director of the University of Florida’s Nature Coast Biological Station captains "Miss Melinda," in Cedar Key, Fla., on Mar. 25, 2024. Climate change could shift ...