Wikipedia page views help determine biodiversity awareness
When people want to know the answer to a question, they increasingly turn to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. So when researchers wanted to understand people’s ...
Biodiversity
U.S. deserts are butterfly biodiversity hotspots
Although deserts have limited plant diversity, they are hotspots for butterfly biodiversity, suggesting that these dry areas should be a focus for conserving the ...
To quiet your mind, listen to the birds
Hearing birds singing, and sometimes perceiving high biodiversity, may increase people’s well-being. Past research had looked at human connections to nature in ...
Is ‘America’s Amazon’ in jeopardy?
The Mobile River Basin is the largest inland delta system in the United States and is among the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots, but it’s facing an array ...
Scientists call for higher biodiversity goals
The world needs to change its strategy for stopping biodiversity loss, a group of scientists from around the world writes in a recent paper published in Science. ...
How to slow extinctions? Restore farmlands to nature
Over 70% of predicted animal and plant extinctions on land could be avoided by returning 30% of the world’s farmlands to nature. That’s the finding of a global ...
Can we turn the tide of biodiversity loss by 2050?
Without bold conservation and restoration efforts, researchers say, turning the tide of biodiversity loss by 2050 or earlier won’t be possible. For the first ...
Smaller habitats mean even less diversity than scientists thought
Researchers recently found that biodiversity on small patches of landscape is even smaller than they expected. While biodiversity forecasts of certain areas are ...
Celebrate International Biodiversity Day from your own yard
Go outside, and stand still. Chances are, you’ll see wildlife. From your own yard, you may notice spring warblers flying above, you may see a hummingbird’s ...
Do shifting ranges under climate change mean more species invasions?
Biologists and conservationists often advocate for the use of corridors and connectivity to increase species dispersal and biodiversity. But can those corridors ...