A new scientific review outlines how satellites and other remote sensing technologies are increasingly shaping how biodiversity and ecosystem health can be monitored at scale—offering new opportunities for countries reporting under international nature targets, while also underscoring important limitations.

Europe risks a severe crisis if the decline of wild pollinators continues. This is the key message of a new white paper prepared by 135 researchers from eight research consortia, including the projects BUTTERFLY, RestPoll, ProPollSoil and PolinERA, all involving researchers from Aarhus University. Among the authors are Claus Rasmussen, Martin Hvarregaard Thorsøe, James Williams, Johan Axelman and Chris Topping from the Department of Agroecology. The work is published in Zenodo.

A comprehensive study of more than 1,100 springs in the American West warns that critical biodiversity hot spots are facing a mounting extinction crisis.

Science News: Research reveals how some tropical plants have adapted the ability to self-reproduce in new environments, enabling single plants to initiate invasions and threatening biodiversity. This discovery highlights the importance of understanding plant reproductive strategies in managing invasive species.

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, approved several development proposals worth over Rs 2,300 crore. Key initiatives include infrastructure upgrades, extending educational schemes, and enhancing the state's IT capabilities. Additional measures focus on urban biodiversity, health services, and legal aid for underprivileged communities.

(Kingston, Ontario) In August, the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust (TIWLT) is holding its annual summer fundraiser to help protect and conserve ecologically significant lands in the Thousand Islands region, and announce TIWLT's 2026/7 roster of projects.

Invasive plant species are non-native organisms that spread aggressively, displacing local flora, altering local ecosystems and reducing biodiversity.

A restorative mussel farm could improve water quality and biodiversity in Cockburn Sound and the project leaders say there's no need to stop there.

The world’s most biodiverse nation, Brazil, has belatedly published its UN plan for halting and reversing nature decline by the end of this decade.

Coorg in monsoon looks like a Scottish Highland village, all mist, silence and deep green coffee estates. The Western Ghats it sits within are one of the world's eight most critical biodiversity hotspots, per Geophysical Research Letters. Waterfalls appear out of nowhere. The air smells of wet earth and coffee. Coorg, Karnataka

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their surroundings, all at the same time.

He said that the Centre and Delhi government have resolved to develop 6,300 hectares of green Ridge area into forest land over the next four years and give legal protection to it to conserve its biodiversity, soil, water and Delhi's environment.

Illegal lotus cultivation in Thamirabarani irrigation tanks pollutes wetlands, harms biodiversity and water use; activists urge WRD action as district awaits complaints.

Illegal lotus farming in Thamirabarani irrigation tanks threatens wetlands, biodiversity and water use; ATREE urges action as lotus spreads in Manimuthar channel ponds.

Calling the Ridge the “lungs of Delhi”, Shah said the government would take the legal route to safeguard its biodiversity, soil and water resources, ensuring lo

US News: Discover how the invasive strawberry guava, introduced to Hawaii in the 1800s, is disrupting native ecosystems and threatening biodiversity across the islands. Learn about the challenges of controlling its rapid growth and the innovative biocontrol solutions being explored by scientists.

It is the onset of the monsoon season that makes the laterite plateaus of Maharashtra the most beautiful landscapes of India in terms of natural beauty for a few months of the year, as these plateaus and grasslands come alive with a blanket of flowers, greenery, streams and mists. While some of these grasslands and plateaus are among the biodiversity hotspots of India, others stand out on account of their unique ecology. Following are seven plateaus and grasslands in India that can be visited in monsoon

Ram Rattan Sharma Climate change is one of the main environmental challenges facing the world today. India is facing several problems. Climate change is associated with various adverse impacts On agriculture, water resources, forest and biodiversity, health , coastal management...

Bee hotels were created to help struggling pollinators, but a long-term study found they attract far more than bees. Discover what these miniature shelters reveal about biodiversity and why they are only part of the conservation solution.

A deep-sea expedition off the coast of Brazil has revealed 31 new marine species, including a transparent juvenile glass squid and a fast-moving gossamer worm. The use of advanced technology allowed scientists to study these creatures in their natural habitat, providing valuable insights into the ocean’s uncharted biodiversity and its potential impact on evolution and […]