Extinction On Our Plates Palm Oil Detectives

The contents of your fridge and dining table directly impacts the future of rare rainforest and ocean animals.

Amazon Rainforest Nears Tipping Point, Scientist Warns Palm Oil Detectives

Climate scientist warns Amazon rainforest is dangerously close to a tipping point due to deforestation, agribusiness, mining and organised crime, take action!

Amazon Rainforest Nears Tipping Point, Scientist Warns Palm Oil Detectives

Climate scientist warns Amazon rainforest is dangerously close to a tipping point due to deforestation, agribusiness, mining and organised crime, take action!

Rwanda’s EDNA Revolution: Transforming Biodiversity Monitoring And Conservation In Africa

Stingless bees in Peru become the first insects with legal rights. Will it happen globally?

Two municipalities in the Peruvian Amazon have granted native stingless bees the legal right to exist, thrive and be represented in court.

The World Beneath Our Feet — Frank Ashwood

A vivid tour into the subterranean that encourages us to look downwards, revealing how the earth’s most biodiverse frontier sustains all life above the soil surface

These butterflies look the same, but DNA uncovered six hidden species

Glasswing butterflies may all look alike, but behind their transparent wings hides an evolutionary story full of intrigue.

Welcome to the ‘Homogenocene’: how humans are making the world’s wildlife dangerously samey

Just one of the many ways the Anthropocene is reshaping life on Earth.

Amazon clarion call: Diseases emerge from the rainforest

The Amazon’s diverse ecosystem is under threat from rampant deforestation, degradation, a biodiversity crisis, and the climate crisis – jeopardising its ability to act as a carbon sink.

Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive - Palm Oil Detectives

Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!

Extinction On Our Plates

The contents of your fridge and dining table directly impacts the future of rare rainforest and ocean animals. That’s because industrial agriculture and aquaculture for commodities like meat,…

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study

Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators

We are living in a golden age of species discovery

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, plants, fungi, and beyond.

These butterflies look the same, but DNA uncovered six hidden species

Glasswing butterflies may all look alike, but behind their transparent wings hides an evolutionary story full of intrigue.

Five New Hedgehog Species Found in Southeast Asia

Scientists discover five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia, highlighting the need for conservation. Support #Boycottpalmoil

We are living in a golden age of species discovery

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, plants, fungi, and beyond.

Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests

Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!

The mimics among us — birds pirate songs for personal profit

From Roman classics to British tabloids, humans have long celebrated the curious and remarkable ability of #birds and other #animals to imitate the sounds of humans and other animals. A recent surg…

Postes de MC à l'Université de Lorraine - UMR Silva

Deux postes de maître.sse de conférences vont être ouverts au concours au printemps 2026 dans l'UMR Silva

Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests

Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!

Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive

Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!

Amazon Clarion Call: Pandemics Emerging in the Rainforest

The Amazon’s diverse ecosystem is under threat from rampant deforestation, degradation, a biodiversity crisis, and the climate crisis – jeopardising its ability to act as a carbon sink. This degrad…

Protect Nature to Avoid Future Pandemics

Research from University of Queensland and published in The Lancet: Planetary Health finds that the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to the decline of ecosystems and biodiversity, creating a cycle that …

Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive

Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!

Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) at Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

We're looking for: Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) (Full Time) • Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Deutschland

Nature’s Hidden Wealth: Conservation’s Opportunity

Animals and plants constitute a very small part of our native biodiversity (roughly 5%). The vast majority – fungi, bacteria and the enormous diversity of other microscopic organisms, includi…

Seven practical ways to stop a species wipeout

1 million #plants 🌾🌽🎍🍅 and #animals 🦏🦒🐅 are threatened. #Wildlife and #biodiversity are at a crossroads of #extinction. Here’s 7 practical ways to stop #species wipeout. Help them survive! #B…

Five New Hedgehog Species Found in Southeast Asia

Scientists discover five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia, highlighting the need for conservation. Support #Boycottpalmoil

Deforestation Shifts Tree Species in Brazilian Forests

Deforestation in Brazilian forests causes shift towards fast-growing, small-seeded trees, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage. Take action!

Five new species of Southeast Asian soft-furred hedgehogs found

A recent study has identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs (also known as Lesser Gymnures) from #SoutheastAsia. The study used DNA analysis and physical characteristics to describe two…

Comparative genomics provides insights into chromosomal evolution and immunological adaptation in horseshoe bats - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A comparative analysis of bat genomes, including five newly assembled chromosome-scale genomes, provides insights into the diversification of horseshoe bats and reveals molecular adaptations with a potential role in antiviral immune response.

A Festive Cactus

—and a Peek into My Art Process

Want food security? Eat less meat, major report says.

Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.

Datawetenschapper biodiversiteit

Heb je zin om mee te werken aan internationale onderzoeksprojecten op het gebied van biodiversiteit en digitaal beheer? Als je beschikt over sterke scripting vaardigheden of ervaring hebt met biodiversiteitsdata, dan kan deze job voor jou interessant…