Snaring the Wealth: Can Negotiators Reach a Uniform Position on Patenting the World's Genetic Resources?
A new international regime hopes to help reverse the trend of biodiversity loss as well as spur economic growth and research for both industrial and developing nations
Biopiracy rules should not block biological control
Global regime on benefit-sharing for genetic resources should take account of non-commercial interests, says Matthew Cock.
All (Submerged) Creatures Big and Small: A Census Catalogues the World's Marine Species [Slide Show]
Scientists are creating a massive global database of marine creatures, revealing tremendous biodiversity ranging from the ocean's shallows to its cold, dark depths
Census of marine life released
New species are continually emerging from the ocean depths, comprehensive record of biodiversity reveals.
Skin Fight: Could Bacteria Carried by Amphibians Save Them from Extinction?
Symbiotic bacteria may help frogs and other amphibians ward off the chytrid fungus plague wiping out populations worldwide
Cash for Conservation: Threats and Promises of Paying Communities for Their Biodiversity
With global biodiversity continuing to decline, conservationists have started paying people to leave forests, watersheds and wildlife intact
UN body will assess ecosystems and biodiversity
Nations agree on way to keep watch on Earth's health.
Humans Might Have Faced Extinction
Lost Giants: Disparate Clues in the Mammoth Extinction Debate
Did mammoths vanish before, during and after humans arrived?
Endangered Species: Humans Might Have Faced Extinction 1 Million Years Ago
A new approach to probe ancient regions of the genome suggests early human populations were scarce
Another Reason to Save Coral? Reefs Are Responsible for Ocean Biodiversity
An analysis of the fossil record shows that coral reefs are most often responsible for the diversity of sea life
Lake Sediments Cast More Doubt That a Comet Caused Ice Age Extinctions
Overhunting by Clovis people over centuries, not a catastrophic impact, may have wiped out North American mammoths and other megafauna, researchers say