Because their relative isolation encourages speciation, oceanic islands are hotspots of biodiversity. Yet their relatively small size, atypically defenseless animals and plants, and ecological ...

A study led by Brazilian researchers and reported in an article published on January 11 in the journal Science shows that 82% of the more than 2,000 species of trees found only in the Atlantic ...

Miyako Islands are home to various native species of snake and lizards. How these species came to call these islands home has long puzzled scientists. A group of researchers have compiled the latest ...

Islands have long intrigued explorers and scientists. These isolated environments serve as natural laboratories for understanding how species evolve and adapt. Islands are also centres of species ...

As dusk settled over the paddy fields at Puwakpitiya, a village on the northern edge of Knuckles Mountain Range locally known ...

Red ruffed lemur in Masoala National Park, Madagascar. Credit: Rolf Nussbaumer Photography / Alamy Stock Photo. Plants and animals that only live in one region – known as “endemic” species – are ...

In a study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 31 scientists have produced the first comprehensive roadmap to prevent ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Mexico’s Nayarit marshes on the Pacific Coast, the work of a fishing group called Ostricamichin has enabled the recovery of the Cortez oyster, ...