Biodiversity conveys resilience, and resilience conveys sustainability
The range of life forms associated with Planet Earth is almost endless - billiions of species survive on the planet and interact in complex ways; they co-determine each others future. Discovering and cataloging all species is a task that will take many more years. Species often flourish and then die out. The current rate of species extinction is worrisomely high.
History of the Convention on Biological Diversity:
International Day of Biological Diversity 2012
First draft of the post-2020 global diversity framework
Online tree of life now connects 2.2 million living species
IPBES launches new assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services
2018 UN Biodiversity Conference COP 14 closes in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
The big picture:
The laws of life
Mutant lifestyles
Strength in diversity
The gene that jumped
Diversity without limits
The devil is in the detail
Diversity prevents resistance
How AI could save the planet
The Midori Prize for biodiversity
Biodiversity in a changing world
Is blood really thicker than water?
Quality of diversity, not just quantity, is key
Tropical biodiversity faces intersecting threats
New hybrid species remix old genes creatively
Biobanking and advanced biodiversity research
The economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta review
Constructive conservation: last chance for biodiversity?
The polyploidy revolution ... then, and now. Stebbins revisited
Biodiversity as part of a network - and its sensitivity to collapse
Biodiversity and global health - hubris, humility and the unknown
When less is more: death in moderation boosts population density in Nature
Study sheds new light on how species extinction affects complex ecosystems
Size matters in the battle to adapt to diverse environments and avoid extinction
Biodiversity conservation across scales - lessons from a science-policy dialogue
Nature's dangerous decline 'unprecedented'; species extinction rates 'accelerating'
Autocatalytic biodiversity hypothesis aims to supplant Darwin's 'war of the species'
Temperature-related biodiversity change across temperate marine and terrestrial systems
Study finds there is less knowledge about global species diversity than previously assumed
Adaptation, plasticity, and extinction in a changing environment: towards a predictive theory
16 years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity and climate change:
Ecosystems change long before species are lost
The biodiversity crises: worse than climate change
Biodiversity helps protect Nature against human impact
Arctic biodiversity under serious threat from climate change
Antarctic fjords are climate-sensitive hotspots of biodiversity
Genetic diversity a hidden tool in coping with climate change
Large-scale biodiversity is vital to maintain ecosystem health
Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer Earth
Want to know where threatened species live? Look to the clouds
How temperature guides where species live and where they'll go
Population stability 'hope' in species' response to climate change
Island biodiversity in danger of total submersion with climate change
New study uses high-speed search methods to better estimate climate threats to biodiversity
Future biodiversity loss due to conflict between mitigating climate change and preserving biodiversity
Governments use biodiversity and ecosystem services as strategy for climate change adaptation and DRR
Characterization of vegetation to predict refugia & climate change impacts across global biodiverse hotspot
Speciation:
Every species counts
Definition of speciation
New life found that lives of electricity
Species' evolutionary choice: disperse or adapt
Biologists watch speciation in a laboratory flask
Scientists announce top 10 new species for 2013
DNA technology set to speed up species discovery
Genetic struggles within cells may create new species
Why species stay or go in response to climate change
Can new species evolve from cancers? Maybe. Here's how
Early species developed much faster than previously thought
Scientists challenge current theories about natural habitats and species diversity
Biodiversity higher in the tropics, but species more likely to arise at higher latitudes
Alternative mechanism of species formation picks up support, thanks to South American ant
Naming of species:
Encyclopedia of Life
The tree of life - more like a bush
Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species
Scientist proposes revolutionary naming system for all life on Earth
Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species
Timing of life:
TimeTree - the timescales of life
Watching new species evolve in real time
Fast driver spotted on evolutionary tracks
Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere
A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates
New species evolve faster as mountains form
Evolution:
Visualizing evolution
Evolution to the rescue
Testing the fossil record
Evolution of life on Earth
Evolution can select for evolvability
Evolution: it's all in how you splice it
'Be different or die' does not drive evolution
Evidence for fuctional redundancy in Nature
Is evolution more intelligent than we thought?
Life exploded on Earth after slow rise of oxygen
Interspecies hybrids play a vital role in evolution
Speedy evolution affects more than one species
Theorists debate how 'neutral' evolution really is
How beauty is making scientists rethink evolution
Beacon Center for the study of evolution in action
550 million year old fossils provide new clues about fossil formation
Evolutionary study shows bridge species drive tropical engine of biodiversity
Evolution depends on rare chance events, 'molecular time travel' experiments show
Mapping & Monitoring the World's biodiversity:
Map of Life
Mapping biodiversity
The Living Planet Report
Map of biodiversity importance
Study puts biodiversity on the map
Topography shapes mountain biodiversity
South Africa: mapping biodiversity priorities
What lies beneath the surface of foest pools?
Madagascar no longer an evolutionary hotspot
New maps highlight habitat corridors in the tropics
Tahiti: a very hot biodiversity hot spot in the Pacific
Atos and WWF aim to automate biodiversity surveillance
Relationship between a species' niche and its distribution
Cities support more native biodiversity than previously thought
Remote monitoring of biodiversity in an adaptive framework with R
The role of space agencies in remotely sensed essential biodiversity variables
Coextinctions dominate the future vertebrate losses from climate and land use change
Wallace's century-old map of natural world updatedPaleo study shows how elevation may affect evolution
Aquatic & Marine biodiversity:
A Salt-Free Primordial Soup
Key genetic event underlying fin-to-limb evolution
Flying fish and aquarium pets yield secrets of evolution
Species speed up adaptation to beat effects of warming oceans
It's the world's newest whale species - and it's already endangered
Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments
Structure and function of the Arctic & Antarctic marine microbiota as revealed by metagenomics
Bacterial diversity:
Every grain of sand is a metropolis for bacteria
Spread of pathogens between species is predictable
How superorganisms evolve in response to toxic environments
Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
Plant & insect diversity:
The evolution of insects
Rethinking plant and insect diversity
Biodiversity is a natural crop pest repellent
Fungi are at the root of tropical forest diversity
Extreme weather decides distribution of insects
Termites evolved complex bioreactors 30 million years ago
Centipede's genome reveals how life evolved on our planet
Protecting 17% of Earth's land could save 2/3 of plant species
Hydroelectric dams drastically reduce tropical forest biodiversity
'Natural enemies' theory doesn't fully explain rainforest biodiversity
Molecular approaches for harvesting natural diversity for crop improvement
Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity
Diversity in animals:
Where animals come from
Is this a new species of human?
Dinosaur families chose to exit Europe
Evolutionary origins of animal biodiversity
An arms race among venemous animals?
Dinosaur casts light on late burst of evolution
Research reveals secrets of animal weapons
World's simplest animal reveals hidden diversity
Reconstructing the New World monkey family tree
Rise of dinosaurs linked to increasing oxygen levels
Novel hypothesis on why animals diversified on Earth
Evolutionary leap from fins to legs was surprisingly simple
'Cascade of events' caused sudden explosion of animal life
Lack of oxygen delayed the appearance of animals on Earth
Extinction of large animals could make climate change worse
Burgess Shale fossil site gives up oldest evidence of brood care
Complex skeletons evolved earlier than realized, fossils suggest
Mammal diversity exploded immediately after dinosaur extinction
Researchers greatly improve evolutionary tree of life for mammals
Oxygen and stem cells rmay have reshaped early complex animals
Animal functional diversity started out poor, became richer over time
Brain size affects female but not male survival under predation threat
Researchers discover first sensor of Earth's magnetic field in an animal
Massive geographic change may have triggered explosion of animal life
Study tackles evolution mystery of animal, plant warning cues for survival
The origin and early evolution of metatherian mammals: the Cretaceous record
Researchers explore evolution of world’s mammals over the past 100 million years
Climate change responsible for rapid expansion of horse species over last 20 million years
Diversity of parasites:
Parasites and the evolution of primate culture
Diversity in birds:
New insights into the origin of birds
New genome sequences reveal the bird tree of life
Maybe birds can have it all: dazzling colors and pretty songs
Pacific birds ancient extinction estimated at nearly 1000 species
Exhaustive family tree for birds shows recent, rapid diversification
125 million-year-old wing sheds new light on the evolution of flight
Subterranean diversity:
The unbelievable underworld and its impact on all of us
Biodiversity below ground is just as important as above ground
New bacteria groups, stunning diversity, discovered underground
Diverse soil communities can help offset impacts of global warming
Earliest-known arboreal and subterannean ancestral mammals from middle Jurassic of China
Extremophiles:
Life in the subsurface
Swansong biospheres
A hot species for cool structures
Many worlds, subterranean edition
New life found that lives of electricity
Tardigrades: Nature's greatest survivors
New species discovvered beneath the ocean
'Zombie' microbes redefine life's energy limits
Exposing the secrets of desert extremophiles
Unique microbes found in extreme environment
Life might thrive a dozen miles beneath Earth's surface
Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
A leech capable of surviving exposure to extremely low temperatures
Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms
The first recorded hard substrate sessile benthic community far beneath an Antarctic ice shelf
Life in the extreme: uranium toxicity response different in nearly genetically identical microorganisms
Life on high:
Life on Earth's ceiling
Tardigrades in space The toughest animal on Earth ... and in space!
Regional:
Americas:
Peru's Manu National Park sets a new biodiversity record
North American mammal evolution tracks with climate change
Ancient connection between the Americas enhanced extreme biodiversity
Ecuador: Indigenous peoples defend Earth's biodiversity - but they're in danger
Biodiversity & biogeography of hydroids across marine ecosystems of southern South America & Antarctica
Europe:
Streamlining European biodiversity indicators 2020
Meta-analysis of multidecadel biodiversity trends in Europe
Africa:
Impact of climate change on biodiversity and habitats in East Africa
Liiving African group discovered to be the most populous humans over the last 150,000 years
Asia:
Huge fossil discovery made in China's Hubei province
Land bridge linking ancient India and Eurasia were 'freeays' for biodiversity exchange
ANZ:
Atlas of Living Australia
Biodiversity - the science and solutions for Australia