But very little is known about most species. Only roughly 1.5 million species have been described, and only 40,000 to 50,000 species have had their conservation status assessed. Roughly a third of ...

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 ...

This newly designated marine reserve, covering nearly 299,998 square kilometers, will safeguard the rich biodiversity of the region, including deep-sea corals and hydrothermal vents. Earlier ...

This study examines the positive correlation between an area's wealth and biodiversity, known as the "luxury effect." The authors present an alternative framework for understanding links between socio ...

Change in biodiversity – the mix of plants, animals, fungi and microscopic organisms living within each habitat – occurred but was largely driven by long-term processes happening over centuries to ...

The United Nations biodiversity summit, known as COP16, comes amid growing concerns over plummeting populations of plants and animals, and damage to the habitats that sustain life on earth ...

Under Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), which became ... and tested five scenarios: the status quo (where local offsetting is favored); where conservation benefits are maximized (highest improvements ...

At the COP16 conference in Cali, there was a vote in favour of strengthening the status of Indigenous and local communities in future United Nations negotiations about biodiversity. This is why the ...