Biodiversity

California newts faced the worst drought conditions in 1,200 years, but new research finds that the lack of precipitation may not have been their biggest threat.

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.

A new book from veteran author Mark Kurlansky explains why helping to save salmon is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and the planet.

Scientists and policymakers have developed a time-sensitive plan to help save ailing freshwater ecosystems and imperiled species. 

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

The innovative project could aid endangered native species — and provide a useful roadmap for other dam-removal efforts.

Just because we’re all self-isolated doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from nature.

It’s called “biophobia,” a disconnection from nature that’s reducing our collective will to preserve species and habitats. But new research points toward some wild solutions.

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

Scientists are hoping to head off an extinction crisis in Appalachia, a hotspot of amphibian biodiversity.