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It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Mari Pangestu represented the World Bank at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in September 2021, speaking at a high-level dialogue on Unlocking a Nature-Smart Recovery from the pandemic and also an event recognizing the progress.
IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
Some females found to have evolved to have bright plumage, which seems to protect against male aggression, study suggests.
There's a new epidemic, this time among birds. An illness is infecting them in the US capital ― and it's spreading. Experts say the cause is unknown.
Octopuses and squid are full of cephalopod character. But more scientists are making the case that cuttlefish hold the key to unlocking evolutionary secrets about intelligence.
A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline.
Two-thirds of the world's rainforests have been wiped out or degraded, according to a 2020 analysis.
Researchers want to learn more about the connections between humans and the feeding of birds, beasts and other fauna.
Divers practicing blackwater photography are helping marine scientists gain new insights into fish larvae.
Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth's land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse, in the past.
The total number of butterflies west of the Rockies has fallen 1.6% a year since 1977, a study finds: "You extrapolate it and it's crazy."
The pandemic now highlights the connection between human health and the mismanagement of nature and wildlife.
In the abyss, everyone can hear you scream.
Restoring degraded natural lands highly effective for carbon storage and avoiding species extinctions.
Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days.
A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.
Scientists identify a species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue light.
Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global study shows.
Two recent research efforts looked into the southern alligator lizard, which has one of nature's more extreme mating strategies.
Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?
From the Strait of Gibraltar to Galicia, orcas have harassing yachts, damaging vessel and injuring crew.
They buzz. They hover. Sometimes they sting. But how much do you really know about these insects that can menace our summers?
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery.
The pandemic is devastating economies. As countries look to revive growth, recovery must go with - not against - the grain of nature.
Descendants of the drug lord's pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna
The 2020 election is off to a complicated start. Maybe we can draw some comparative political lessons from the animal kingdom.
