Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health and well being of all... Scientists want to track the world's biodiversity ...

The sun is the basis for photosynthesis, but not all plants thrive in strong sunlight. Strong sunlight constrains plant ...

Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to ...

Two years ago, nearly every country on Earth signed on to a landmark agreement to protect the fast-eroding natural world. It was celebrated as the "Paris moment" for the world's threatened and ...

Alexandre Antonelli is the director of science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, and professor of biodiversity at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Ximena Rueda is the dean and associate ...

6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in the world. This massive marine region spans approximately six million square kilometers across the western Pacific Ocean, ...

Countries gathered in Rome in late February to finalize key decisions left unresolved after last year’s COP16 summit in ...

The British monarch calls for greater mitigation efforts 'as fast as we can', cautioning we are destroying our means of ...

Outside her cabin in northern Belize, Elizabeth Clare, a biodiversity scientist at York University, walks along a path. Everywhere she looks, it's teeming with life. "There's hibiscus flowers over ...

Teri Orr, a physiological ecologist at New Mexico State University, inspects the base of a guanacaste tree in Belize where she intends to trap bats later in the night. Scientists say they've developed ...