New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction. The research, co-authored by The ...

Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, looked at the insect biodiversity of Kibale National Park in Uganda. A study based on long-term collecting gives new ...

The year 2024 saw significant developments in tropical rainforest conservation, deforestation, and degradation. While progress in some regions provided glimmers of hope, systemic challenges and ...

Johnny Appleseed’s heart was in the right place when he walked all over the early United States planting fruit trees. Ecologically, though, he had room for improvement: To create truly dynamic ...

Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a stark reminder of our failure to arrest the loss of ...

Over the course of three weeks in July, six teams showcased technology that could potentially automate biodiversity monitoring in rainforests. The event in Manaus, Brazil, was the final round of ...

Most people believe rainforests are the lungs of our planet, pumping out vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. This compelling image has shaped environmental campaigns and political speeches for ...

The 5-year, $10M competition awards grand prize to biodiversity sampling platform for bioacoustic data and image collection with real-time data feed "The future of life on Earth, including that of our ...

Jesica Lopez works for Lund University. The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how ...