Earth is home to millions of discovered species of plants and animals with many more yet to be known. They all play vital roles in each other, their ecosystems, and the planet's overall health and ...

An ecosystem is not a still life. Even where everything looks stable—a woodland, a lake, the soil—the internal "bookkeeping" ...

Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data from nearly 15,000 marine and freshwater fish communities. They found that ...

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that with greater resource allocation, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss. European bison (Bison bonasus) are a conservation ...

Alongside her colleagues, a Weber State University professor has discovered a new species of roundworm within the Great Salt Lake, indicating that the lake might be more biodiverse than previously ...

Grist reports solar farms, like the Gemini project, can enhance biodiversity, supporting rare plants like the threecorner milkvetch through ecovoltaics.

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 — ...

The greatest potential to reduce species extinction risk in the Northern Sub-catchments of San José, Costa Rica, lies in ...

Guillaume Latombe was funded through the 2017-2018 Belmont Forum and BiodivERsA joint call for research proposals, under the BiodivScen ERA-Net COFUND programme and with the funding organisation FWF ...