One student's research project shows that birdwatching isn't only a fun hobby. It also has the power to direct birding research.

December 5 is observed as World Soil Day, a reminder to safeguard this vital resource for sustainable agriculture, ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. This is one of the ...

We tend to look at environmental problems in isolation. A holistic approach would be more effective, a new report says. By Catrin Einhorn Sometimes, human needs can make problems like climate change ...

If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

Land bridges provide safe passage for wildlife while connecting habitats. Gathering Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Image © Scott Shigley ...

CALI, Colombia 2 November 2024 — The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) was suspended in the morning of Nov. 2 but not before countries ...

The area of land and water with formal protections for biodiversity has grown by less than 0.5 per cent since 2020, leaving the world far short of its goal to protect 30 per cent of the planet by 2030 ...

A shocking new report on global biodiversity is detailing what it calls "a catastrophic decline" in wildlife populations ahead of a major international conference on biodiversity. The concern is ...

Today, the Council approved conclusions in view of the Conference of Parties on the Convention on biological diversity (COP16) and the meetings on the Cartagena protocol and the Nagoya protocol, to be ...

A new commentary piece in Nature argues that the much-cited claim that Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is not only baseless, but wrong. Although scientists and ...