Building a Better Understanding of "Resilience"
The concept of resilience is an important one in conservation science and resource management. However, the term itself is often poorly understood, or understood differently by different parties, with...
28 Maj 201931min
ASGSR Annual Meeting - Maryland
At the beginning of November 2018, through the collaboration of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), BioScience Talks on...
8 Maj 201946min
Biodiversity and the Extended Specimen Network
Natural history specimens housed in museums, herbaria, and other research collections are revolutionizing science—largely as a result of growing efforts to digitize samples and share data among many u...
10 Apr 201928min
Inequality and the Human Right to Food
The importance of human access to adequate food could not be more clear; however, many questions surround the provision of food among and within countries. What obligations do nations have to provide ...
13 Mars 201921min
Half-Earth Preservation with Natura 2000
In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists have called for the protection of half of the planet's surface...
13 Feb 201937min
Chromatin Looping: Seeing DNA in 3D
New tools are making it easier to understand not only our genetic code but also the ways that the code's three-dimensional structure contributes to gene expression. This understanding will be vital in...
9 Jan 201919min
Saving Species with Better Monitoring
To conserve species, managers need reliable estimates of their population trends. Samples are gathered over time, but the length of the sampling period is often established using crude rules of thumb ...
12 Dec 201820min
Using the Plant Microbiome to Restore Native Grasslands
An appreciation of the crucial role of microbiomes, from those aboard the International Space Station to those living in the human gut, is quickly gaining traction among both scientists and members of...
14 Nov 201821min
