Forest inventories and biodiversity assessments have advanced from simple plot-based surveys towards integrated, multiscale approaches that combine field measurements, remote sensing and novel ...

To effectively protect biodiversity in an era of climate change, ecologists first have to know where animal and plant species are located and then be able to predict what habitats will be available to ...

Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting some of the island’s most visible species, such as lemurs and birds. Raharinjanahary was head of ...

A team of scientists have discovered that two air quality monitoring stations in the U.K. also collected DNA samples that could benefit biodiversity monitoring. Scientists analyzed DNA samples trapped ...

A new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal suggests that spider webs—particularly those incorporating ...

Halting biodiversity loss requires companies to minimise their negative impact on biodiversity, i.e. their biodiversity footprint. So far, however, biodiversity footprint assessment tools have been in ...

Scientists have come up with an innovative method of tracing wildlife without relying on visual sightings. By analyzing the ...

School-aged pupils and university students join UNESCO environmental DNA sampling in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. © Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University A dynamic ...