Who are the real pests?
Studies turn spotlight on human action and expansion.
Coupling big data with conservation
Scientists highlight opportunities to generate sustainable solutions.
‘Insect apocalypse’ not so clear-cut
Mega-study shows declines are highly variable.
To protect biodiversity, small habitats matter
Study informs global conservation efforts to avert mass extinction.
What causes equatorial marine biodiversity?
It’s not higher predation as popularly thought.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Study finds large ecosystems collapse more quickly.
We need to intensify marine conservation efforts
Scientists quantify how much and where.
Tropical forests struggling to recover from El niño
Studies reveal lingering impacts on carbon storage and biodiversity.
Biodiversity hotspots most vulnerable to accelerated climate change
Refuges enabled organisms to survive past climatic cataclysms.
Global roadmap to insect recovery
International researchers urge a suite of conservation measures.
Vast avian database links form to function
Bird bodies provide clues to their role in ecosystems.
New songbird species found on Indonesian islands
Discovery amplifies the archipelago’s rich biodiversity.
Bird species, a French delicacy, being eaten to death
Illegal and unregulated hunting of a tiny migratory songbird, the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), a coveted French delicacy, has been confirmed as unsustainable by an extensive pan-European study.
For Antarctic food webs, penguin poo is the gift that keeps on giving
Nitrogen-rich droppings from penguins and seals along the Antarctic Peninsula fuel biodiversity hotspots that stretch several kilometers inland
Bilbies are more than Easter icons – they help out their mates
If you’re walking quietly through Australian bush this Easter you might get lucky – no chocolate eggs are likely to be hiding there but you could spot two little eyes peeking out of a burrow.
Meet the entrepreneur who is protecting biodiversity with video games and cryptocurrency
When Andrew Robinson and his wife Mallika were driving one day, they heard their son and his friends chatting about video games in the back seat of the car.
