Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. These are the ...

Hawaiʻi is famous for its unique wildlife. But some of the islands’ most remarkable creatures have been flying under the ...

A new study published in the Biodiversity Data Journal provides a profound look at life up to nearly 10 kilometers below the ...

Nature in the Neighborhood The first image that may come to mind when someone mentions biodiversity is a tropical rainforest ...

An international research team, including the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), has described ...

Meet Nymphargus dajomesae, a member of the glass frog family and a resident of one of the last amphibian paradises on Earth.

A nearly identical bird has been reclassified as a new species in Japan, thanks to advanced DNA analysis and song comparisons ...

Species are vanishing faster than ever, and many are disappearing before scientists even know they exist. Now, an ...

A groundbreaking deep-sea expedition has uncovered more than 110 marine species previously unknown to scientists, ...

It’s not enough to say, ‘The forest is important,’ especially nowadays. You have to give reasons why, and biodiversity is a way to communicate to the broader community about why an area needs to be ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have identified 10 new species and seven new genera of Hawaiian leaf-roller ...