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. This is one of the ...

Beyond the loss of species, the researchers also documented considerable shifts in the types of species that persist under ...

From the smallest microbes to the largest mammals, a sweeping new study has painted the clearest picture yet of how human ...

A study recently published in Nature indicates that human activities have a negative effect on the biodiversity of wildlife ...

“Our findings show that all five [human] factors have a strong impact on biodiversity worldwide, in all groups of organisms ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only are the numbers of species declining, but the composition of ...

Sometimes it can seem like our lives are very separate from nature…That the natural world is a distant rain forest, a far-away desert or a country meadow. But we are as much a part of the ...

A completely new ecosystem has emerged on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu composed of a mishmash of species from elsewhere (Credit: Sean MacDonald) Ecosystems which have never been seen before are ...

Climate change presents serious risk for civil society, business, and ecosystems. The Earth’s climate is changing in response to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and particulate ...