During what scientists have named the “Sixth Mass Extinction” (the fifth one wiped out the dinosaurs), conservationists are racing against the clock to carry out critical monitoring as quickly as ...

Two approved legislative bills addressing Hawaii’s growing invasive species problems are among the 17 on the chopping block. One of them is House Bill 2619, a much-lauded bill appropriating nearly $20 ...

Journalist Michelle Nijhuis crystallizes the human urgency around conservation in her new book, Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction. Despite its title, the book is anchored in ...

Euan Ritchie receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action. Euan is a Councillor within the Biodiversity Council, and a member of ...

Potential invasive species may get a helping hand from an unlikely source: science teachers, a new study indicates. The researchers found science teachers used as many as 1,000 different organisms in ...

For four years, a “mystery monkey” traipsed around Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, bewildering residents and frustrating the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s attempt to capture ...

Hikers were shocked to discover a giant invasive species of lizard — the Argentine tegu — in a California park. An article in Smithsonian magazine revealed that the Argentine tegu was spotted in ...

The question of what defines a species has vexed scientists across the ages, particularly in conservation, where decisions require a firm understanding of biodiversity. When you purchase through links ...

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late October, an apex predator slithered through the un-mowed grass of an East Central Florida canal bank. The 12-foot-long Burmese python soaked in the sun's rays as ...

Papers from the Systematics Association Symposium on 'the Units of Biodiversity--Species in Practice' held at the University of Wales, Apr. 19-21, 1995. Practical approaches to species concepts for ...

Seafood counters are generally dominated by cod, haddock, lobsters, clams, and scallops. But there’s an urgent reason to broaden what we bring to the table. Jared Auerbach stands with a box of ...