The largest biodiversity time-series database on the planet—created by the University of St Andrews—has had a major new release. The BioTIME database offers unprecedented insight into how biodiversity ...

There are roughly 36 biodiversity hotspots across the world. For an area to be considered a biodiversity hotspot, it must fit ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

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 ...

International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22 highlights this year's theme "Harmony with nature and sustainable ...

The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency facing the world’s oceans.

It was celebrated as the "Paris moment" for the world's threatened and endangered plants, animals and ecosystems — a global pledge aimed at slowing biodiversity loss in the same way the Paris ...

Protecting trees might not seem like a public health strategy, but new research suggests it could be—especially in the ...