Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

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This chart shows the number of key biodiversity areas identified as experiencing various threats worldwide.

Our brains can spot real biodiversity using sight and sound alone, according to scientists studying how humans perceive nature.

Properly managing forests requires tools that offer up-to-date information on forest dynamics.

In Vienna, Europe's second-largest cemetery has embraced biodiversity – without disturbing the dead. Some of the greats are ...

New research led by scientists at the Smithsonian proposes a plan to safeguard Earth’s imperiled biodiversity by cryogenically preserving biological material on the moon. The moon’s permanently ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian Institute and others around the world are collaborating on a bold idea: deep freezing samples of life on Earth and preserving them at sites near the Moon’s north ...

Down to Earth, Vox’s project on the biodiversity crisis, enters its 4th year What you can expect from our coverage of the natural world.

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.