Tag: Biodiversity

World leaders are gathering in Montreal for a high-profile United Nations conference to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. Known as “COP15,” the conference seeks to set aside 30% of the...

About 50,000 species of wild animals and plants benefit billions of people around the world, according to a recent international report, but the growing global biodiversity crisis threatens those contributions....

Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, the risks to biodiversity could persist for decades after, researchers found. In a study published...

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity announced that the COP15 biodiversity summit will take place this year, but in Montreal, not in China, where it was scheduled to take...

Mammals need landscapes that accommodate their movements so they can access food, water and mates, and genes can flow between populations. But that movement is often blocked by human structures...

A key United Nations biodiversity conference was scheduled to take place in China in October 2020, but the outbreak of COVID-19 put the event on hold. It’s supposed to finally...

Phosphorus is a key ingredient in fertilizer, but this resource is running out. That’s because most of the phosphorus used for agriculture is mined from a finite source of mineral-rich...

Conservationists often focus on protecting individual species to help maintain biodiversity. But researchers found that protecting biodiversity may be a good way to prevent extinction. Brian Weeks, an assistant professor...

Researchers have created a set of maps to document where biodiversity in the United States is most at risk. The effort is part of a partnership between the nonprofit conservation...

The Iron Curtain is more than just a bit of Cold War history. The imaginary line across Europe has left a legacy on the landscape in many ways. One is...