Farming, dams and agricultural runoff are the biggest threats to freshwater biodiversity globally, with Europe and Northwest ...

To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this only provides part of the picture. The traits of a ...

Scientists found that people respond more strongly to warnings about plant and animal extinction than to scientific terms ...

The biodiversity crisis demands rapid identification and monitoring of species across ecosystems. DNA barcoding, which uses short, standardised gene sequences to discriminate taxa, has revolutionised ...

Climate change and shifts in land use are affecting habitats and, consequently, plant diversity. To better understand the ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki wanted to understand which is the dominant factor for species occurrence and ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 11, 2024) A literature review in Environments, written by researchers from South Korea and Ghana, highlights the threat to nontarget species and the biodiversity of ...

IUCN has launched its first global strategy to tackle invasive alien species, one of the world’s greatest drivers of biodiversity loss and species extinctions. It sets out how IUCN’s Members, ...

Through the federal Building Canada Act, “projects of national interest” are being fast-tracked while hundreds of major resource projects are already under construction or planned in the next decade.

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 ...