Biodiversity

Biology is the study of life, and what could be more important than that? When scientists study the variety of that life – called biodiversity – they can use tools from ecology, evolution, conservation, genetics, and even the management of our natural resources. They find and describe new species, explore uncharted ecosystems, study how and why species change, investigate patterns in where and when species live, and study processes that make it possible for an ecosystem to survive or thrive. This section of Frontiers for Young Minds will include articles that describe, explore, and explain biological diversity on Earth – past, present, and future. From paleontology to botany to zoology (all animals big and small, from elephants to microbes), articles will address how living things adapt, change, and use or influence each other. Biodiversity wants to provide an opportunity for the next generation to understand the processes that have helped create this biological diversity, so that they are prepared to protect and sustain a biodiverse planet into the future.

Editorial board

Science Mentors

We would like to thank our team of Science Mentors for their valuable contribution to Frontiers for Young Minds.

Their input and guidance during the review process helps our Young Reviewers understand the importance of their role and their connection to the scientific community.

Fagr Abdel-Gawad
Fagr Abdel-Gawad
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez
Stephanie Adamczak
Stephanie Adamczak
Jenna Adams
Jenna Adams
Rachelle Adams
Rachelle Adams
Balaji Aglave
Balaji Aglave
César Aguilar
César Aguilar
Natalie Aguirre
Natalie Aguirre
Dalaq Aiysha
Dalaq Aiysha
Mobashwer Alam
Mobashwer Alam
Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Ana Maria Almeida
Ana Maria Almeida
Ghadah AlShaikh-Mubarak
Ghadah AlShaikh-Mubarak
Rita Araujo
Rita Araujo
Flor Arcega-Cabrera
Flor Arcega-Cabrera
Cristiana Ariotti
Cristiana Ariotti
Alberto Asquer
Alberto Asquer
Usman Atique
Usman Atique
J Abraham Avelar-Rivas
J Abraham Avelar-Rivas
Florence Awino
Florence Awino
Ramlal Ayyagari
Ramlal Ayyagari
Melinda Baerwald
Melinda Baerwald
Awani Bapat
Awani Bapat
Vânia Baptista
Vânia Baptista
Marcelle Barreto
Marcelle Barreto
Thiago Barros-Galvao
Thiago Barros-Galvao
Asma Bashir
Asma Bashir
Gary Bates
Gary Bates
Jannell Bazurto
Jannell Bazurto
Erik Beever
Erik Beever
Ciarán Beggan
Ciarán Beggan
Richard Bell
Richard Bell
Janet Benyamin
Janet Benyamin
Kathryn Broadhouse
Kathryn Broadhouse
Rebecca Brunner
Rebecca Brunner
Edder Bustos-Diaz
Edder Bustos-Diaz
Bruno Buzatto
Bruno Buzatto
Chunzhi CAI
Chunzhi CAI
Maria Calleja
Maria Calleja
Carla Camargo
Carla Camargo
Christopher Carcaillet
Christopher Carcaillet
Ana Cristina Cardoso
Ana Cristina Cardoso
Michael Carey
Michael Carey
Christina Caruso
Christina Caruso
Maria Olivia Casanueva
Maria Olivia Casanueva
Francesco Catania
Francesco Catania
Mei-Lin Chang
Mei-Lin Chang
Suhana Chattopadhyay
Suhana Chattopadhyay
Lynette Cheah
Lynette Cheah
Emily Chen
Emily Chen
Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke
Brooke Clemmons
Brooke Clemmons
J. Louise Conrad
J. Louise Conrad
Ellee Cook
Ellee Cook
Andrea Coulter
Andrea Coulter
Robert Crabtree
Robert Crabtree
Maha Cziesielski
Maha Cziesielski
Ana De La Torre
Ana De La Torre
Arit De Leon-Lorenzana
Arit De Leon-Lorenzana
Bibiana De Souza
Bibiana De Souza
Shalini Dhyani
Shalini Dhyani
Ester Dias
Ester Dias
Beatriz Diaz Pauli
Beatriz Diaz Pauli
Robert Diehl
Robert Diehl
Sophie Dolling
Sophie Dolling
Rita Domingues
Rita Domingues
Dr. Anamika Dubey
Dr. Anamika Dubey
NTIRENGANYA ELIE
NTIRENGANYA ELIE
Christopher Emerling
Christopher Emerling
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez
Luisa Falcon
Luisa Falcon
Beth Fallon
Beth Fallon
Ana Faria
Ana Faria
Anuschka Faucci
Anuschka Faucci
Jonathan Fong
Jonathan Fong
Gustavo Fonseca
Gustavo Fonseca
Nicole Foster
Nicole Foster
Didone Frigerio
Didone Frigerio
Marco Fusi
Marco Fusi
Martina Gaglioti
Martina Gaglioti
Asaf Gal
Asaf Gal
Osiris Gaona
Osiris Gaona
Elisa García-López
Elisa García-López
Daniel Garza
Daniel Garza
Gudrun Gegendorfer
Gudrun Gegendorfer
David Glassom
David Glassom
Patricia Glibert
Patricia Glibert
Kirstie Goggin
Kirstie Goggin
Nathan Good
Nathan Good
Robert Gresswell
Robert Gresswell
Santosh Gupta
Santosh Gupta
Ghaida Hadaidi
Ghaida Hadaidi
Daniel Haeusser
Daniel Haeusser
Maila Hallare
Maila Hallare
Abdulsamie Hanano
Abdulsamie Hanano
Royale Hardenstine
Royale Hardenstine
Alejandra Hernandez-Santana
Alejandra Hernandez-Santana
Jeffrey Hicke
Jeffrey Hicke
David Hiller
David Hiller
Karen Holmberg
Karen Holmberg
Nick Isaac
Nick Isaac
Rafiad Islam
Rafiad Islam
Joshua Israel
Joshua Israel
Musharraf Jelani
Musharraf Jelani
Suryatapa Jha
Suryatapa Jha
Priyanka Jha
Priyanka Jha
Chas Jones
Chas Jones
Fred Junghans
Fred Junghans
Praveen Juvvadi
Praveen Juvvadi
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Deborah Karaim
Deborah Karaim
Dr. Kawaljit Kaur
Dr. Kawaljit Kaur
Suzanne Kelson
Suzanne Kelson
Kelly Kerr
Kelly Kerr
Anna Klamerus-Iwan
Anna Klamerus-Iwan
Macelline Kotze
Macelline Kotze
Suhas Kumar
Suhas Kumar
Yael Kuperman
Yael Kuperman
Benjamin LaFrance
Benjamin LaFrance
Malgorzata Lagisz
Malgorzata Lagisz
Katherine Launer-Felty
Katherine Launer-Felty
Valerie Lavenburg
Valerie Lavenburg
Fernando Leal
Fernando Leal
Jessica Lee
Jessica Lee
Joohyun Lee
Joohyun Lee
Sarah Lesmeister
Sarah Lesmeister
Hong Li
Hong Li
Marijn Lijffijt
Marijn Lijffijt
Richard Lilley
Richard Lilley
Malgorzata Lisowska
Malgorzata Lisowska
Nancy Lo Man Hung
Nancy Lo Man Hung
Sílvia Lourenço
Sílvia Lourenço
Rong Lu
Rong Lu
Diana Marina
Diana Marina
Nina Markham
Nina Markham
Alexandra Marques
Alexandra Marques
Norma Martinez-Gomez
Norma Martinez-Gomez
Maskit Maymon
Maskit Maymon
Kira McEntire
Kira McEntire
Mark McMillan
Mark McMillan
Briana Mittleman
Briana Mittleman
Irina Moshkova
Irina Moshkova
Dina Mostafa
Dina Mostafa
Yumiko Motomura-Kinoshita
Yumiko Motomura-Kinoshita
Jessica Mountford
Jessica Mountford
Michelle Munguía Figueroa
Michelle Munguía Figueroa
Hadas Nahman-Averbuch
Hadas Nahman-Averbuch
Fares Najar
Fares Najar
EMMA NASON
EMMA NASON
Matthew Nelsen
Matthew Nelsen
Wallace Nichols
Wallace Nichols
Erlend Nilsen
Erlend Nilsen
Jonathan O'Donnell
Jonathan O'Donnell
William Oestreich
William Oestreich
Sarah Owens
Sarah Owens
Salza Palpurina
Salza Palpurina
BISWAJIT PANDA
BISWAJIT PANDA
Rashmi Panigrahi
Rashmi Panigrahi
Shruti Parikh
Shruti Parikh
Vinuselvi Parisutham
Vinuselvi Parisutham
Alexander Parker
Alexander Parker
Jorge Enrique Parra-Bastos
Jorge Enrique Parra-Bastos
Vincenzo Parrino
Vincenzo Parrino
Fei Peng
Fei Peng
M. Nils Peterson
M. Nils Peterson
Alma Piñeyro-Nelson
Alma Piñeyro-Nelson
Barbara Pivato
Barbara Pivato
Christopher Poonian
Christopher Poonian
Archana Prabahar
Archana Prabahar
Alejandra Prieto-Davó
Alejandra Prieto-Davó
Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr
Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr
Arthee R
Arthee R
Inês Raimundo
Inês Raimundo
Amaresh Ranjan
Amaresh Ranjan
Sreenivas Ravella
Sreenivas Ravella
Lea Rempel
Lea Rempel
Walter Rich
Walter Rich
Christina Richards
Christina Richards
Julia Rittenschober
Julia Rittenschober
Desi Robertson-Thompson
Desi Robertson-Thompson
Hillary Robison
Hillary Robison
Anne Roca
Anne Roca
THOMAS RODHOUSE
THOMAS RODHOUSE
Carlos Romão
Carlos Romão
Alfonsina Romo-Curiel
Alfonsina Romo-Curiel
Zola Roper
Zola Roper
Luigi Rosati
Luigi Rosati
Susann Rossbach
Susann Rossbach
Felix Rossbach
Felix Rossbach
Dr. Gourisankar Roymahapatra
Dr. Gourisankar Roymahapatra
Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez
Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez
Victoria Saab
Victoria Saab
Joyce Sakamoto
Joyce Sakamoto
Patricia Saleeby
Patricia Saleeby
Milena Salgado-Lynn
Milena Salgado-Lynn
Kirsty Salmon
Kirsty Salmon
Shu Qin Sam
Shu Qin Sam
Ascel Samba-Louaka
Ascel Samba-Louaka
Edmond Sanganyado
Edmond Sanganyado
Juan Sarasua
Juan Sarasua
Ryan Schacht
Ryan Schacht
Liesel Schneider
Liesel Schneider
Jacob Scott
Jacob Scott
Maria Segovia-Salcedo
Maria Segovia-Salcedo
Aditi Sengupta
Aditi Sengupta
Carla Sette
Carla Sette
Erin Shanahan
Erin Shanahan
Ruchira Sharma
Ruchira Sharma
Chloë Sheikh-Kadir
Chloë Sheikh-Kadir
Matt Shinderman
Matt Shinderman
Bhuvaneswari Shivashankar
Bhuvaneswari Shivashankar
Hannah Simba
Hannah Simba
Varsha Singh
Varsha Singh
Indramohan Singh
Indramohan Singh
Anthony Slominski
Anthony Slominski
Brian Smithers
Brian Smithers
Yang Song
Yang Song
Nejc Stopnisek
Nejc Stopnisek
Janet Striuli
Janet Striuli
Rebecca Stumpf
Rebecca Stumpf
Halima Sultana
Halima Sultana
Mike Tercek
Mike Tercek
Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
David Thoma
David Thoma
Matthew Tietbohl
Matthew Tietbohl
Hugo Toledo-Alvarado
Hugo Toledo-Alvarado
Annelyn Torres-Reveron
Annelyn Torres-Reveron
Andrew Tucker
Andrew Tucker
Patricia Valdespino-Castillo
Patricia Valdespino-Castillo
John Van Stan
John Van Stan
Tom Vercauteren
Tom Vercauteren
Manjusha Verma
Manjusha Verma
Miguel Villarreal
Miguel Villarreal
T. Bence Viola
T. Bence Viola
Lam Vo
Lam Vo
Catherine Walsh
Catherine Walsh
Sheree Watson
Sheree Watson
Ryan Weir
Ryan Weir
Kristen Welsh
Kristen Welsh
Joan West
Joan West
Emily Wolfe
Emily Wolfe
Pamela Wong
Pamela Wong
David Wright
David Wright
Shyam Wuppuluri
Shyam Wuppuluri
Samantha Wynns
Samantha Wynns
Yunfeng Xu
Yunfeng Xu
Alfredo Yanez-Montalvo
Alfredo Yanez-Montalvo
Zhaomin Yang
Zhaomin Yang
Marcus Yee
Marcus Yee
Chris Yesson
Chris Yesson
Dan Yu
Dan Yu
Xiaoming Zhang
Xiaoming Zhang
Pan Zheng
Pan Zheng
Mark Zwart
Mark Zwart