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 ...

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate and aligns closely with scientific measures of biodiversity. This is according to new research ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a nationwide scale — making it possible to one day track the health and well being of species around the globe. We know that Earth's ...

What if saving one animal species from extinction at a time isn't the most effective approach? Michael Belitz, a Michigan State University postdoctoral researcher in the Zipkin Quantitative Ecology ...

At the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, in 2022, nations committed to reducing the risks ...

Researchers recently mapped more than 150 species of wild animals across every continent contaminated with flame retardant chemicals. These chemicals are added to furniture, electronics and vehicles ...

What does biodiversity loss mean for investors? As it turns out, a lot, based on Morningstar research into portfolio performance. The loss of biodiversity—which means the decline in the richness and ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) have spotted rare Antarctic squid, discovered ...

Wildfires. Many see them as purely destructive forces, disasters that blaze through a landscape, charring everything in their paths. But a new study reminds us that wildfires are also generative ...

The importance of biodiversity as a nature-related risk in investors’ portfolios has become better understood in the past few years. Read more here.