Biodiversity crisis: Scientists planning first ever complete list of all animals and plants on Earth, in effort to halt extinctions. As worsening trends reveal plight of various flora and fauna, a ...

The diversity of even the largest animals depends on the smallest factors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have ...

Billions of people worldwide rely on some 50,000 wild species for food, energy, medicine and income, according to a sweeping new scientific report that concluded humans must make dramatic changes ...

Biodiversity is, in a nutshell, all life on Earth. It’s all the animal and plant species, how they coexist within our ecosystems, and the benefits we get from it all.

WASHINGTON - The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a new legal claim in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act in assessing harm to ...

Biological diversity is under threat. More and more plant and animal species are disappearing worldwide, and humans are responsible. Until now, however, there has been no synthesis of the extent ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...

In this column, @SmokiesLife intern writer Hannah Early examines lichen and biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Biodiversity conservation: Zoos urged to breed animals from threatened populations Date: March 17, 2011 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: Zoological gardens breed animals from threatened ...

According to a new UN report on global biodiversity, as many as one million species—both plants and animals—are now at risk of extinction, according to a new UN report on global biodiversity. That ...

Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in biodiversity. According to researchers from the University of Victoria and the Max ...