Recently, images of melting sea ice and shrinking rainforests have highlighted the world's biodiversity crisis and made us aware of the need to find a balance between preserving natural ecosystems ...

Ballona Wetlands, south of Marina del Rey and north of LAX, is a still-rewilding remnant of California coastal wetlands partly donated and partly purchased from developers. (Christina House / Los ...

Efforts to promote the future health of both wild bees and managed honeybee colonies need to consider specific habitat needs, such as the density of wildflowers. At the same time, improving other ...

It is hoped the great crested newt will be one of the species which will flourish at the "Habitat Bank" [Getty Images] A company behind a "habitat bank" the size of 50 football pitches says it hopes ...

How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how the number of ...

Biodiversity's ongoing global decline has prompted policies to protect and restore habitats to minimize animal and plant extinctions. However, biodiversity forecasts used to inform these policies are ...

According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats. Surprisingly, fields and settlements often offer more diversity than grassland.

Over the past three years, the State Game Lands 33 (SGL 33) research project in central Pennsylvania has added to decades of environmental studies concerning the impact of vegetation management ...

David Williams has received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. Michael Clark receives funding from the Wellcome Trust, Our Planet Our Health (Livestock, Environment and People - ...

Walking along the Colorado River behind the old factories on the east side of Austin, Texas, you might forget that you are in one of the fastest-growing cities in America. The riparian corridor below ...