Map of Biodiversity Importance (Protection-Weighted Range Size Rarity for Imperiled Species Summed for All Species) This map displays richness of at-risk species outside of existing protected areas ...

Never has knowledge of the world’s biodiversity knowledge been more at your fingertips, thanks to a new smartphone app: the Map of Life. No matter where you are, the app can tell you what species of ...

As the world’s nations prepare to set new goals for protecting biodiversity, Yale researchers have identified where data gaps continue to limit effective conservation decisions. In a new study, a team ...

The research uses the chemical signals of tree communities to reveal their different survival strategies and identify priority areas for protection. Currently, the Carnegie Airborne Observatory’s ...

A map showing the diversity of bird species in North and South America. Yellow and red show areas of more diversity, such as the northern Andes and coastal Brazil. An undescribed species of orchid of ...

Observed species richness derived from the distributions of 44,575 marine and 22,830 terrestrial species (figure a). Species richness is ln-transformed and rescaled within each domain (terrestrial and ...

A map of biodiversity showing the organisation of terrestrial life on Earth has been updated after more than a century. The original map, drawn up by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1876, ...

A unique Interactive Biodiversity Map presented by The Ministry of Mumbai's Magic aims to inspire and educate the citizens of Mumbai about the city's rich biodiversity. It was launched on Wednesday.

Researchers have used remote sensing data to map out the functional diversity of forests in the Peruvian Andes and Amazon basin, a technique that has revealed hotspots for conservation. The ...

As the world's nations prepare to set new goals for protecting biodiversity, researchers have identified where data gaps continue to limit effective conservation decisions. As the world's nations ...