As tropical cyclones intensify with climate change, scientists are raising alarms about a growing biodiversity crisis ...

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring ...

Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of ...

Only about 2,000 sq km or 6.7% of the original hotspot remains unspoiled. Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands pack a great deal of biodiversity into a relatively small area. Deforestation is ...

Over the next decade, dozens of expeditions to the ocean’s biodiversity hotspots will search for new species involving divers, submarines and deep-sea robots. The project also hopes to involve ...

Located about 600 kilometers off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verde Archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot in the middle ...

“National reserves are important, but it would also be good to see the idea of 30 by 30 applied to the wider ocean,” James says. “It’s long been known that features such as seamounts and undersea ...

Coral bleaching has been recorded in over 60 countries since early 2023, threatening reefs that are key to ocean biodiversity ... especially in biodiversity hotspots. And, crucially, commitments ...

"Today, this Miocene biodiversity hotspot is only surpassed by the tropical ... "Locally restricted species now developed in the isolated ocean basins, which in turn were the starting point ...

Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of ...