biodiversity, conservation

Increasing evidence suggests that loss of Earth’s biological diversity will compromise our planet’s ability to provide the goods and services societies need to prosper.

An international group of researchers gives a score to coastal nations for their contribution to ocean health, and identifies main concerns.

Successful conservation depends on an economy that doesn’t incentivize destruction of species and habitats.

Almost 10 percent of mammals in the Western Hemisphere won’t be able to shift their territories in time to avoid the consequences of climate change.

Genetic data support designating a New York City-area leopard frog as a unique species.

Global donations to Ecuador’s project to trade clean energy for Amazonian oil mean the rainforest stays intact for now.

Hundreds of rare giant land snails held in captivity in New Zealand froze to death after the temperature probes in their containers failed.

The government is on a deadline to review the more than 700 species that researchers have petitioned to be added to the endangered species list.

Conservation biologists must reflect on the nation’s changing demographics to save the organisms they strive to protect.