Conservation shifts harmful land use elsewhere, worsening biodiversity loss in more vulnerable regions globally.

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world -- and this could drive an even steeper decline in the planet's species, according to a ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have ...

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

Nature’s Complex Tapestry Biodiversity is a term that encapsulates the variety of life on Earth, ranging from tiny ...

Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known species. Among them is a ...

In the interconnected web of nature, small disruptions can yield outsized consequences. One such example comes from Central ...

The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.

Across the tree of life, human activities are accelerating declines in biological species diversity, from deserts to oceans ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?