Scientists observed fruit flies playing by spinning on disks. Some preferred this over eating. The behavior appeared intentional, not random

Next to a geothermal plant in Iceland a start-up is growing microalgae for food.

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Background: Vaccinations required for school attendance have increased nearly threefold since the 1950s, now targeting 17 infectious diseases. However, the

Around 500 people gathered this Sunday in the Historic Center of the capital of El Salvador to protest against the approval of a law that enables metallic

In a landmark ruling, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court concluded that the government must set limits on human activity, like industrial fishing, to protect marine ecosystems’ natural cycles.

Storm surges and sea-level rise damage sanitation systems and threaten ecosystems and human health. We need to take this risk seriously.

One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction – IUCN Red List The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of...

Tree planting can help address the climate and biodiversity crises – but only in the right circumstances.

Scientists discover a rare parasitic crustacean in Taiwan's black corals, revealing surprising marine survival strategies.

The international community seems no closer to an agreement on a code for deep-sea mining in international waters and the impasse may lead to countries acting unilaterally

This month the Center for Biological Diversity has won new protections or proposals for 15 species (counting the monarchs and giraffes we’ve already told you about). Those successes include proposed E...

Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region

A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.

Fancy fish eggs have become the latest luxury good to go viral on social media, raising questions about the future of sturgeon.

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling in a precedent-setting constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 16 young Montanans.

MARE researcher Carla Sousa Santos is part of the team responsible for a recent discovery: a new species of fish endemic to the Sado river basin. With a scientific name designed to honour the Setúbal ...

The biodiversity, climate, health, water and food crises need to be addressed together rather than regarded as separate issues, urges a major report

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and released in Cambodia recently in just a few days, offering new hope for th...

Michael Köck European tour update 4: Stuttgart, Germany – Caen, France On 23 September 23, I took an early train from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe Zoo, Germany. I was welcomed by Matthias Reinschmidt, the z...

Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that its economic impacts may hit even harder.