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 ...

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

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

Scientists recorded 788 distinct macrofaunal species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone during four research expeditions, most never before described. The same peer-reviewed study showed a 37% decline in ...

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales -- a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists ...

People in the Western world probably know Sichuan for its cuisine. Indeed, this province in southwestern China is famous ...

Because tree seedlings don’t grow as well when close to their parents, more tree species can be packed into tropical forests. For ecologists, tropical rainforests hold many enigmas. A single hectare ...

Earth’s habitats are facing a big increase in the number of alien species they have to deal with. These are organisms transported beyond their original habitats as a result of human activities, where ...

HYDERABAD: Scientists have discovered three new species of aquatic beetles from freshwater habitats in Telangana and Uttar ...