Mason Lee, senior project coordinator for the Biodiversity Institute, shows local K-6 students a Western hognose snake in the UW Biodiversity Center. The students helped create and build naturalistic ...

Biological invasions occur when organisms such as animals and plants are introduced by people to regions of the world where they do not naturally occur. In these new locations, these organisms are ...

It is well known that biological invasions can be severely harmful to native biodiversity – preventing the damage they cause ...

Found just a little over 400 kilometers (250 miles) off the coast of Mozambique, the island of Madagascar is not only the ...

Earth is home to millions of discovered species of plants and animals with many more yet to be known. They all play vital roles in each other, their ecosystems, and the planet's overall health and ...

The current emoji library doesn't accurately represent the 'tree of life' and the breadth of biodiversity seen in nature according to a new analysis. A team of conservation biologists categorized ...

Research points to alarming species decline, habitat degradation, and deeper ecological stress in India’s Western Ghats ...

Wildfires. Many see them as purely destructive forces, disasters that blaze through a landscape, charring everything in their paths. But a new study reminds us that wildfires are also generative ...

A global collection of 65 rare wildlife photographs captures elusive species and unusual behaviors, from desert-dwelling sand cats to vividly patterned frogs. Many of these species face threats from ...

Are we already noticing significant biodiversity shifts or losses as a result of climate change in recent decades? -- J.D., Loveland, CO ...