Current global response insufficient; ‘Transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature; Opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good Most comprehensive asses... Read more
In the first such global evaluation, Stanford biologists found more than 30 percent of all vertebrates have declining populations. They call for curbs on the basic drivers of these losses. S... Read more
Paul Ehrlich and others use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs’ demise There is no longer any doubt: We ar... Read more
Targeting conservation efforts to safeguard biodiversity, rather than focusing on charismatic species, could make current spending on threatened birds four times more effective, a new study... Read more
The gravity of the world’s current extinction rate becomes clearer upon knowing what it was before people came along. A new estimate finds that species die off as much as 1,000 times more fr... Read more
Reversing the increasing rate of global biodiversity losses may not be possible without embracing intensive, and sometimes controversial, forms of threatened species management, according to... Read more
The plants contain significantly more biomass for fuel production Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass extinct... Read more
As an ecologist of ice age giants, I long ago came to terms with the fact that I will never look my study organisms in the eye. I will never observe black-bear-sized beavers through binocula... Read more
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 c... Read more
Advances in genetics may change aspects of environmental policy in the future. Protecting endangered species is a legitimate goal for public policy. But we cannot expect that public p... Read more
Advances in genetics may change aspects of environmental policy in the future. Protecting endangered species is a legitimate goal for public policy. But we cannot expect that public p... Read more
Of the 129 species of marine mammals on Earth, including seals, dolphins and polar bears, approximately one-quarter are facing extinction Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect... Read more
Zoologists at Oregon State University have discovered that a freshwater species of zooplankton will eat a fungal pathogen which is devastating amphibian populations around the world. This ti... Read more
I handed over 75 cents for my Daily News, then drove on toward the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, where a hearing will determine the fate of the city’s newspapers. Read more
