<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-03-want-to-preserve-biodiversity-keep-natural-areas-connected-researchers-say.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Discovery Science</categories><broadcast/><articlePreview/><pubDate>03/13/2025</pubDate><title>Want to preserve biodiversity? Keep natural areas connected, MSU, U-M researchers say </title><subTitle>"This paper resolves a half-century old debate about how to conserve biodiversity in natural areas," said coauthor Nick Haddad.</subTitle><description>Large and connected forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to research supported by Michigan State University.</description><highlights/><author>Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-03-fragmented-biodiversity-1496D29-380x380.jpg" alt="Wide drone shot overviewing large farm landscape."/></image></item>