Biodiversity
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Red Sea Cave Gobies Vanish After Discovery as Reef Habitat Degrades
The only known specimens of Trimma charon were collected in 2023 from a degraded Saudi reef where live…
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New Himalayan Wormlion Species Suggests Its Genus Is Not Confined to the Tropics
A newly identified insect species in the southern Himalayas challenges tropical assumptions, highlighting how remote mountain slopes harbor…
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How the Rediscovered Bangka Slow Loris Survives in Fragmented Indonesian Ecosystems
Lost for nearly a century, the critically endangered Bangka slow loris faces mounting threats from habitat loss and…
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Heat waves shut down photosynthesis in world’s tallest redwoods, study finds
New research reveals coast redwoods close their stomata during extreme heat, halting carbon uptake and threatening the survival…
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USAID Dismantling Stalls Conservation, Leaves 100 Projects Seeking Funding
WASHINGTON, September 27 — The cancellation of more than 5,200 U.S. foreign assistance contracts has stalled conservation work…
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GBIF Turns 25: The Open Database Behind Biodiversity Science Worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 — Two billion. That is the number of species occurrence records now housed in…
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Climate Change Is Moving the World’s Fish, and Poor Coastal Nations Stand to Lose Most
WASHINGTON, July 27 — A 2025 study projects that by 2050, tropical oceans such as the Western Pacific…
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UK Farmland Birds Down as Much as 90% in Places, Conservationists Warn
WASHINGTON, July 4 — The birds haven’t vanished completely. But their numbers are falling fast enough that scientists…
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Giant Tortoises Return to Galápagos Island After 180 Years Absent
In a landmark conservation effort, Galápagos National Park has released 158 captive‑bred juvenile giant tortoises onto Floreana Island,…
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Malaysia’s Mangrove Restoration Program Gets Private Backing
Malaysia’s mangrove restoration program received private backing on November 8, 2024, in a move to support the country’s…
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Cali Fund Launched to Share Genetic Data Benefits Fairly
The Cali Fund, a novel global financial mechanism, was unveiled on February 25 2025 in Rome, Italy. The…
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Cali Fund Launches to Regulate Genetic Resource Sharing Globally
More than thirty years of international talks culminated in the launch of the Cali Fund in Rome on…
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COP16 concludes in Cali after 11 days of biodiversity talks.
The sixteenth session of the United Nations biodiversity summit (COP16) concluded on 1 November 2024 in Cali, Colombia,…
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EU Adopts Nature Restoration Law to Revive Habitats Under Green Deal
The European Union has taken a significant step towards protecting its environment with the adoption of the Nature…
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Global Biodiversity Framework Sets Ambitious Targets for 2030 and Beyond
In December 2022, world leaders adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a landmark agreement that replaces a decade…
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