Natural ecosystems comprise groups of species capable of living in the specific conditions of a biological system. However, if we visit a specific natural area, we will not find all the species ...

A new study combining satellite imagery with genetic analysis reveals that climate and land use changes are driving increased ...

Shrub fringes on the edges of forests and fields protect animal species and have a positive effect on biodiversity, reports a ...

If these missing species aren't accounted for, conservation work may fall short. Researchers make disturbing discovery about ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

Microbial ecosystems—for example, in seawater, the soil or in the human gut—are astonishingly diverse, but researchers often ...

As one of the sources of the Pearl River, the Nanling reserve is not only the most biologically rich nature reserve in the ...

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, has been discovered in Alberta. Isolated for millennia, it shows unique traits ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are looking to repeal the definition ...

In two recent studies, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin have identified and described 40 previously unknown ...

The six pups were born on Earth Day in April to parents Cirilla and Buckeye as part of a preservation program for the species ...