A major UN meeting designed to safeguard the world's natural resources began Monday with appeals to ensure that biodiversity does not become a victim of the global financial crisis.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species are all involved in the global crisis of amphibian declines and extinctions, researchers suggest in a new analysis, but increasingly these ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 18, 2012 3 / 5 (3) 1 |

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2011. This ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change. Dealing with the biodiversity ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 19, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 2

An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published today in the journal PLoS ONE.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 30, 2010 4.8 / 5 (17) 6 |

The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 02, 2009 3 / 5 (2) 0