Michael Magee discusses how the EU-funded TETTRIs project investigates methods to modernise taxonomy to improve conservation ...

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 ...

Biodiversity data collection is growing exponentially. The increase is driven in part by international commitments to conservation, market investments and technological advances, and the growing ...

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 ...

Accelerating global change continues to threaten Earth’s vast biodiversity, including in the oceans, which remain largely unexplored. To date, only a small fraction of an estimated two million total ...

The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been described as the most biodiverse rainforest in the world. For example, in recent decades, scientist have discovered several new bird ...

Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data ...

By John Cannon Mexico’s sundry landscapes have few parallels. Straddling the northern boundary of the Tropic of Cancer, the ...

Scientists exploring a Thailand biodiversity hotspot found a wide-eyed surprise - a brand-new gecko species.