Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.

A new study projects just how bad things could get for biodiversity if global warming speeds up. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that under the most extreme warming scenarios, about one in three ...

One of many issues being discussed at the UN convention on biological diversity is the accelerating rate of animal extinction, and the people are going to great lengths to save animals. NPR's climate ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

A new analysis of more than 70,000 wild animal species reveals that climate change now threatens thousands of to the planet’s wildlife, along with overexploitation and habitat degradation. The study ...

An analysis of research on most known species around the world finds climate change puts many species at risk of extinction, and the risk increases with more global warming. When you purchase through ...

In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, top scientists issued an urgent warning that fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry are driving interlinked crises that threaten ...

Delving into the fascinating world of paleontology, we uncover the stories of species that lived through Earth’s mass extinctions. These hardy survivors reveal much about the nature of life on Earth ...