In response to biodiversity collapse in the Yangtze river, China dramatically implemented a 10-year, full commercial fishing ...

An ecosystem is not a still life. Even where everything looks stable—a woodland, a lake, the soil—the internal "bookkeeping" ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...

As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

"This is not a chemical with zero risk," Melissa Perry, a professor of public health at George Mason University, told ...

A study finds that shelterbelts in Japan’s wet farmlands boost edge-dwelling birds but reduce grassland species by about 74 ...

Key points Genomics delves into the genetic make-up of organisms, which helps us understand how they work.With new ...

A new sponge species has been discovered off the coast of South Africa, named after a marine scientist whose work has ...

Native to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the tawny coster has rapidly expanded its range into other South Asian countries. Since its first Australian record near Darwin in 2012, the butterfly has ...

Rare endemics, hornbill nesting and rich habitats highlight the forest division’s global biodiversity significance ...

A tiny 3-millimetre crab has been discovered in Lakshadweep’s coral reefs. Named Galathea balasubramaniani, the species reveals how much of India’s marine biodiversity remains unexplored.

A new study focused on cryptic species—animals that look the same but are genetically different—found that they’re more widespread among vertebrates than we previously thought.