Almost 200 nations have signed an ambitious agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss but none is on track to meet the ...

The most recent Living Planet Report showed a 39 per cent drop in the average size of North America's monitored vertebrate ...

Australia's landscapes look very different than they did before European colonization around 230 years ago ... As species die ...

All over the world, ecosystems are threatened. From forests and drylands to farmlands and lakes, natural spaces on which humanity’s existence depends are reaching a tipping point. According to ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are accelerating global warming, causing extreme weather patterns and habitat ...

Seagrasses — which range from stubby sprout-like vegetation to elongated plants with flat, ribbon-like leaves — are one of the world ... coastal ecosystems. “If we lose seagrass, and ...

Smithsonian researchers study the ocean and freshwater ecosystems around the world. Using collections, SCUBA, submersibles, and more we ask questions about marine biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, ...

A study by Chicago-based management consultancy AT Kearney and Washingtonbased environmental think tank, the World Resources ... is that biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are underlying ...

Increasing recognition of the value and importance of wetland ecosystems over the last century led to the creation of laws, regulations, and plans to restore and protect wetlands around the world.

But few people have any idea of the unimaginable diversity that swims below the surface of the world’s freshwater ecosystems or how critical these undervalued and overlooked freshwater fishes are to ...

Wetlands are ecosystems ... In just 50 years — since 1970 — 35% of the world’s wetlands have been lost. Human activities that lead to loss of wetlands include drainage and infilling for ...