Earth’s biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent “sixth mass extinction” threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...

Researchers have conducted the world's biggest ever bird survey, recording 971 different species living in forests and cattle ...

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 ...

The average person can easily spot lichens in the woods, yet few scientists have studied the species. Now the Smokies are 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 ...

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 ...

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

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 ...

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.

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 ...