Biodiversity

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

Join us for a live online chat with David Shiffman, a shark conservation biologist and blogger, who will help us understand shark biodiversity and the threats facing sharks today

Three shark species once found in the central Pacific Ocean are now missing, a study of swords, tridents and other weapons reveals

A growing fleet of ocean gliders and other monitors need power, and a suite of scientists are seeking ways to generate it undersea

The Rio+20 event next week looks set to produce little, based on early negotiations

A number of geologically and ecologically complex sites could allow species to weather global warming

Conservationists are taking heroic measures to restore fertility to a three-footed Sumatran rhino, but it's unclear if this is a prudent undertaking

Moose may disappear from boreal woods as circumpolar regions warm and transform

Species loss lessens the total amount of biomass on a given parcel, suggesting that the degree of diversity directly impacts the amount of life the planet can support

International climate funds might be one way for the world to convince Ecuador to not pump oil from underneath a biologically rich rainforest region

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