In celebration of World Rhino Day on September 22, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry has announced that the world’s only...

Biodiversity is an integral part of humanity’s livelihood, providing services on which it relies such as water, pollination, soil...

Earth.Org reported on July 2 that at least 350 elephant deaths in the Okavango Delta in Botswana had occurred mysteriously. It has now...

According to a new study commissioned by the Campaign for Nature charity, increasing protection for and preserving up to at least 30% of...

The Chocó, a cradle of biodiversity in western Ecuador, is the fourth most important hotspot for biodiversity in the world. The coastal...

An international team of 22 researchers led by National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that the global loss rate of mangrove...

African elephants have been facing serious threats, such as climate change-related droughts, conflicts with farmers whose land the...

Marine scientists have discovered 30 new species in the waters off the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, after a five-year expedition that...

A collaborative research program, ICARUS, aims to develop an ‘internet of animals’ powered by an antenna aboard the International Space...

At least 100 000 people took part in a protest in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, three weeks after an oil spill caused by a...

Formal definitions for “biodiversity” vary widely, but its purpose in measuring the variety of life is relatively uncontroversial....

Global Wildlife Conservation, a biodiversity conservation organisation, has announced that the Somali sengi, a mouse-sized elephant shrew...

For years, reports of illegal fishing activities have dogged China’s distant-water fishing fleet. Now, China is significantly tightening...

New research has shown that the fecal waste of seabirds- namely seagulls, pelicans and penguins- could be worth nearly half a billion US...

Bumblebees are vitally important pollinators of wild flowering plants and agricultural crops across the world. However, populations of...

African Parks (AP), a grantee of the Lion Recovery Fund, discovered in April that a new lion cub has been born in Malawi’s Liwonde...

International conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) along with partners Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) and British...

According to new research published in the journal Scientific Reports, beluga whales have complex social networks, with close...

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the...

New Guinea has the highest plant diversity of any island on Earth, reports a comprehensive assessment of vascular plant species published...