Using a new method of modeling genetic data, researchers identified a split in human ancestry dating back 1.5 million years. The two populations later reconnected. The mystery population (Population B ...

These approaches have been key in the transformation of conservation biology from an idea to a discipline. PVA is a process used to evaluate the likelihood that a population will persist for some ...

How do we know if a species is heading towards extinction? Demographics help us understand the size, status, and behavior of populations. Broadly defined, demography is the study of the ...

Ecological and Evolutionary Connections Between Animal Behavior and Population Biology. As a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist, I am fascinated by relationships among different scales of ...

Soon he was hired by Stanford University’s biology department, and in his classes he presented his ideas about population and the environment. Students, attracted by his charisma, mentioned ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that the critically endangered regent honeyeater faces hidden genetic ...

Knowing how wildlife populations change is decisive for improving the management and conservation of biodiversity. The ...

The second, larger wave began 10,000 years ago as the discovery of agriculture caused a population boom and a need to plow wildlife habitats, divert streams, and maintain large herds of domestic ...

The Institute currently consists of the Theoretical Biology and Microbial Population Biology Departments, five Max Planck Research Groups, Max Planck Fellows and other independent research groups. The ...

I am a plant community ecologist working at the interface of ecosystem, landscape and population biology. My goal is to apply cutting-edge “usable” science to the challenges of restoration, species ...