Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity. Decision 15/28: biodiversity and agriculture. CBD https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-28-en.pdf (2022). FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD & EC.…
Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting
After the cessation of centuries-long eradication efforts throughout Europe, large carnivores have made a remarkable return over the…
Hybridization mitigates climate change risk in mountainous birds
Scheffers, B. R. et al. The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science…
Learning the syntax of plant assemblages
A visualization of the methodology used in this paper is shown in Fig. 1, a more complete overview…
Should genetically modified wildlife be banned? Scientists weigh the risks
A corroboree frog is tested for chytrid fungus. Introducing genetic changes to these frogs could help to make…
Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks
Jones, K. E. et al. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 451, 990–993 (2008). Article CAS PubMed …
Opportunity cost estimates for spatial conservation prioritisation across terrestrial Europe
Opportunity costs of productive landAllocation procedure For productive lands (i.e., agricultural land, including arable and pastural land, and…
Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation
McClenachan, L., Cooper, A. B., McKenzie, M. G. & Drew, J. A. The importance of surprising results and…