One of the main threats facing wildlife in the modern world is the breaking up of their habitats. Now, for the first time ever, researchers have been able to create a detailed picture of exactly how ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now ...

The world we share with countless species is growing smaller, and for some, it’s already too late. Over the past century, ...

The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) and the southern muriqui (B. arachnoides) are the two species of the largest ...

A company behind a "habitat bank" says it hopes to end "compromised meaningless ecological enhancements" on developments.

Earth's waters host diverse mammals like dolphins, whales, and manatees. These creatures possess unique adaptations for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: One common approach to marine conservation is the designation of marine protected areas (MPAs). Marine mammals have been proposed as ...

BARCELONA, Spain — A quarter of the world’s wild-mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday. The new assessment — which took 1,700 ...

Determining habitat associations of small mammal species and environmental characteristics important for site occupancy are central to understanding species biology and community organization. Most ...

The habitat fragmentation has now been successfully measured for over 4,000 species of land-dwelling mammals. Scientists discovered that species with more habitat fragmentation are at greater risk of ...