M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics Program Director Viorel Popescu examines why biodiversity commitments are running into a ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer There are around 60,000 known tree species in the world, and they can do amazing things: store carbon, ...

A new perspective published in Biological Diversity links plant functional traits to ecological resilience, offering a more ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

With the 2025 release of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) interactive map, scientists, conservationists, and ...

A new survey attempts to fill some of the gaps in understanding by synthesizing the perspectives of thousands of biodiversity experts worldwide. The survey received 3,331 responses from scientists ...

Trillions of trees are growing on Earth, though how many kinds there are has been underestimated, a new study finds. Earth hosts roughly 64,100 known tree species. But there could be at least 73,300 — ...

An international research team has conducted a field survey on two species of eel native to Japan and other organisms that share the same habitat, revealing for the first time in the world that these ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 11, 2024) A literature review in Environments, written by researchers from South Korea and Ghana, highlights the threat to nontarget species and the biodiversity of ...

Species loss is a huge concern in larger agricultural models. Hard annual tilling and the use of what was once habitat to ...

Nevada is the 11th most biodiverse state in the nation but ranks third for having the most plants and animals at risk, according to NatureServe, a nonprofit that provides conservancy data to public ...