Biodiversity

Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.

While in lockdown, artist Mesa Schumacher took her fans around the world by drawing a new species every day.

New research reveals that one third of sharks and their relatives are at risk. But the scientists say several clear policy choices can help.

The COVID-19 pandemic gave me a chance to put down my paper field guides and test my preconceptions about some popular digital tools.

A troubling new report finds that one third of sharks and their relatives are threatened with extinction. How did the international research team perform this analysis during the pandemic?

Keeping Antarctica pristine is becoming more challenging with growing threats from human activity and climate change.

What’s better for plants and wildlife is better for the climate. But where do we start to accomplish the best results?

A window to the natural world reveals human–predator conflict and makes biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and species extinction irrefutable and real.

Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.

Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand.