This area entails study and maintenance of biological diversity at the level of genes, populations, communities, ecosystems and biomes; intellectual underpinnings include evolutionary theory, ...

Conservation biology is the application of science to conserve the earth's imperiled species and ecosystems. The field is growing rapidly and ever increasing in importance in response to the ...

Celebrate and look back at some of the groundbreaking achievements made by Smithsonian scientists this year. Mike Bock As global leaders in wildlife conservation, scientists from the Smithsonian ...

Field stations provide many overlooked benefits and a significant return on investment for conservation, according to a new study authored by 173 conservation researchers. Areas near field stations ...

Central concepts and issues of landscape ecology / John A. Wiens -- Central concepts and issues of biological conservation / Richard L. Knight, Peter B. Landres -- Broad-scale ecological science and ...

Since 2009, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has coordinated an annual horizon scan, a well-established method for predicting which threats, changes, and technologies will have the biggest impact ...

Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year due to habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. But a new set of ...

For the last several decades, global biodiversity has been in crisis. Yet, as we celebrate International Day for Biodiversity on May 22, which commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Biological ...

When it comes to conservation and sustainable living, Bhutan has the biggest heart. The small Himalayan nation tucked between towering Himalayas has once again proved her commitment to nature with the ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah— A U.S. District Court today partially granted conservation groups’ request to remand federal agencies’ 2021 approval of the Northern Corridor Highway right-of-way through Utah’s Red ...