Even large and conspicuous insects remain unknown to science. This is highlighted by a new study from the Natural History ...

Earth is home to millions of discovered species of plants and animals with many more yet to be known. They all play vital roles in each other, their ecosystems, and the planet's overall health and ...

Proponents say artificial intelligence tools can help farms and biodiversity, despite the environmental costs.

A new article in the journal BioScience argues that the stewardship practices of Indigenous Peoples and other place-based ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator for the Biodiversity Institute, shows local K-6 students a Western hognose snake in the UW Biodiversity Center. The students helped create and build naturalistic ...

How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are—and ...

The rich tapestry of life on Earth is fraying, due in large part to human-caused habitat loss and climate change. As more species disappear, researchers are racing to track this global decline in ...

DNA testing of two new-to-science frog species has shown they share a common ancestor — a species that lived 55 million years ago in the mountains of what is today Brazil’s Amazonas state. The ...

Scientists explored deep ocean canyons using environmental DNA from water samples and found over 200 new species.

New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change ...