biodiversity

China’s agricultural and fishery authorities in 2003 began imposing an annual three-month fishing ban in the Yangtze River to reverse the continuous decline of aquatic life. As the Yangtze ecosystem ...

Humans have killed about 60 percent of animals, including mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles, on the planet since ...

When you cut and burn a tropical forest, you're left with a barren plain of cracked red mud, ...

Behind concrete doors on an uninhabited island in Norway, hundreds of millions of frozen seeds are waiting for ...

A new study urges scientists to move their focus from species extinction to species rarity in order to ...

A diverse range of human societies have been protecting land and sea resources for centuries—without any outside conservation ...

The news is full of announcements about newly discovered forms of life.

As California wildfires burn tree canopies and forest floors, plants commonly found in more southern areas of the ...

Beginning in the 1880s, coastal dunes in the United States were planted with European beachgrass in an attempt ...

Today, many zoos promote the protection of biodiversity as a significant part of their mission. As conservation "arks" ...

What to do about invasive species, which are having a growing and generally detrimental effect on Europe’s environment ...

A greater level of fertilization is reducing grassland diversity globally, a new study has found.

Artists and writers rally to save a 25-acre parcel of old forest in Langley B.C.

An iridescent blue tarantula, a sneezing monkey, and a teensy attack wasp are among the top 10 new ...

Being exposed to more parasite species could protect organisms from certain diseases, with more benign pathogens outcompeting virulent ...

Areas where endangered species are concentrated also tend to be home to numerous endangered languages.

Some large herbivorous dinosaurs were already on their way out before the alleged asteroid strike that ended the ...

Governments need to address the Earth’s environmental challenges or humanity will face an unprecedented disaster, scientists said.

The unique physique of a giant penguin species that existed about 25 million years ago in modern-day New ...