The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences.

Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has s...

Metz T, Bachmann JT, Blüthgen N, Gross T (2026) Complexity promotes stability in mutualistic networks through weaker mutualistic dependencies: Insights from Generalized Modelling. Journal of Animal Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70344

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JAKARTA — Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of the previous year, according to new data from a long-running satellite monitoring project. Non-fire…

Megalopta from Quininde, Ecuador on October 15, 2021 at 05:42 AM by Philipp Hoenle

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Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Deforestation in the region of Maraba, Para state, Brazil Key findings US financial institutions made $5.4 billion from deforesting companies between 2016-2024, with Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock the top earners. EU bank...

Veggie-Schnitte statt -Schnitzel? Straßburg hat über die Bezeichnung von Fleischalternativen entschieden. Nun müssen die Staaten ausloten, ob solche Produkte bald nicht mehr Wurst oder Schnitzel heiße...

Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions is delayed in pa...

Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91.

Der Biologe Christian Hof spricht über den Einfluss der Klimakrise auf die stark bedrohte Artenvielfalt. Ein Interview von Theresa Stoll.

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Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

Can a tropical forest mend itself? After trees are cut down and wildlife flees, do microbes on the dank, leafy floor and woody giants with epiphyte-laden crowns come back; do the pollinators, seed dis...

Can a tropical forest mend itself? After trees are cut down and wildlife flees, do microbes on the dank, leafy floor and woody giants with epiphyte-laden crowns come back; do the pollinators, seed dis...