One of the major realizations of the Anthropocene era has been the importance of biodiversity for the functioning of the ...

Cultural diversity is likely to have an overall positive effect on the biodiversity of ecosystems. The homogenization of human life forms may therefore be regarded as an important motor of the ongoing ...

Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species - double the amount previously thought - a recent study has found. This amounts to one in nine or 12 per cent of species being lost over modern human ...

Beaver-created wetlands host more hoverflies and butterflies than other ponds, proving that nature’s own builders can restore ...

Academics and policymakers convened at Presidency University to debate gene-edited rice in India. Discussions explored its ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In the Amazon forest, human disturbances are now changing which trees grow, how they work, and how deep their evolutionary ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Biodiversity is the diversity of all life on Earth, which includes diversity within and between species, as well as diversity of landscapes, regions, and habitats. It also includes the diversity of ...