A study by the Center for Biological Diversity published today in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ found that 2,204 species around the United States should be considered for protection under the ...

A 20-year ecological review at the Knepp estate in West Sussex shows soaring numbers of birds.

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been chronically slow to protect animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act, ...

A forty-year study shows climate change is reshaping Amazon and Andean forests, with uneven tree gains and losses across ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence ...

If granted protections, the species would be the first to be protected under the current Trump administration.

The genus Solanum represents one of the most diverse and economically significant groups within the Solanaceae. Its extensive species diversity encompasses important food crops, wild relatives and ...

In a recent study published in “Science of the Total Environment,” scientists at Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology and Zhejiang University found that the surface urban heat island effect had implications ...

The diversity of oyster species and the complexities of their phylogenetic relationships have long intrigued researchers due to the challenges imposed by extensive morphological plasticity and ...

Mushrooms that appear identical turn out to be different species, correcting decades of errors in biodiversity records.

The Rio Grande cooter can't catch a break. Rivers that once sustained the turtle species, native to New Mexico, Texas and Mexico, are now more intermittent as snowpack and rain declines, according to ...