The presence of humans increases the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and often has a positive effect on their biodiversity / Archaeological study compiles various case studies from the Late ...

Cultural diversity is likely to have an overall positive effect on the biodiversity of ecosystems. The homogenization of human life forms may therefore be regarded as an important motor of the ongoing ...

Protecting biodiversity is not only about saving nature for its own sake; it is fundamentally about safeguarding human rights ...

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate and aligns closely with scientific measures of biodiversity. This is according to new research ...

Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers at the Technical University of ...

That's according to a team of scientists who have warned that hundreds of thousands of mammals could be lost if human activity doesn't change. The new research - which has been published in the ...

Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species - double the amount previously thought - a recent study has found. This amounts to one in nine or 12 per cent of species being lost over modern human ...

Searching for the contorted-pod evening-primrose, I crawled along a sandbar at Witty’s Lagoon, careful not to accidentally crush this wee yellow flower with red stems. I was hunting for it as part of ...

Wildlife populations tracked by scientists shrank by nearly 70%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, a recent assessment has found. The “Living Planet Report 2022” doesn’t monitor species loss but how ...