When you think of biodiversity, what comes to mind first? Perhaps you imagine the lush tropical rainforests of the Amazon or Madagascar, teeming with tens of thousands of unique animal and plant ...
New research has revealed Marri trees are critical to the survival of more than 80 species of native bee in Western Australia's South West region, which is one of the world's most biologically rich ...
Less than 10% of biodiversity hotspots of mycorrhizal fungi occur in protected areas; 90% are in unprotected ecosystems The data powers a new interactive tool, called Underground Atlas, which allows ...
Our increasing demand for metals and minerals is putting over four thousand vertebrate species at risk, with the raw materials needed for clean energy infrastructure often located in global ...
New reef technology: CUREE uses cameras, hydrophones, and onboard computing to autonomously locate biodiversity hotspots on coral reefs. Successful field trials: Tests at Joel’s Shoal found a hotspot ...
A new report warns that the expansion of oil, gas and liquefied natural gas projects in the Coral Triangle region in the Western Pacific risks unleashing more oil spills, direct damage to coral reefs, ...
For decades, scientists and conservationists have been using aboveground plant biodiversity as a metric for conserving ecosystems. Now a new study finds that there is a major mismatch between ...
New research shows that by simply counting the diversity of flowers, we can estimate how rich a grassland is in species of ...
India is one of the 17 megadiverse nations of the world, possessing almost 8 percent of the known species of flora and fauna ...