Biodiversity

A new mathematical model shoots down claims that an unknown disease epidemic wiped out the meat-eating marsupial

DNA in insects' guts reveals inventory of rare mammals

Scientific American asked leading scientists and science writers to look forward to what the world will be like in the years 2063, 2113 and 2163, and tell us what role science and technology will play in our future

Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina introduces the January 2013 issue of Scientific American

High in the Andes and finally open to scientists after years of conflict, Colombia's cloud forests host rich biodiversity, which is being lost before its even documented

Mole rats may not be pretty, but their mounds of dirt are crucial for biodiversity

While most of its relatives perished with the dinosaurs, the molelike creature lived 45 million years longer than expected

In a noteworthy example of convergent evolution, Katydid ears have evolved components resembling those of humans, albeit on a much smaller scale

Goja, named by Jane Goodall and the poster bird for a project to save northern bald ibises from extinction, was killed by illegal hunters

An autumnal activity from CityScience

Researchers hope the estimate will spur government action, and point out that the annual costs are a fraction of the value of nature's 'ecosystem services'

A new approach contradicts previous research that reported an inverse correlation between high temperatures and biodiversity