A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National ...

Are Venture Capitalists unrepresentative of the society we live in? The short answer to that question is of course they are. In an age where the importance of diversity - whether in the workplace or ...

To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects. They found that plants with a mutation at a ...

If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their variety, thereby threatening ...

Chicago:Blend has secured new funding to expand its program that trains aspiring venture capitalists, with a focus on ...

Consensus has emerged in the literature that increased biodiversity enhances the capacity of ecosystems to perform multiple functions. However, most biodiversity/ecosystem function studies focus on a ...

The rise of the digital economy was always a matter of when, not if. After our lives changed dramatically due to the pandemic, when came a lot sooner than expected, as countless industries and ...

Ecological restoration is the process of reclaiming habitat and ecosystem functions by restoring the lands and waters on which plants and animals depend. Restoration is a corrective step that involves ...

In many ways, Team Excel, a Richmond startup that uses gamification to encourage student success, is having a breakout year. The company was a grand prize winner at the 2021 Center Street Pitch ...

Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to variability found at all levels of biology. Biodiversity is commonly broken down into three levels or types: genetic diversity, species diversity, ...