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Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction erodes genetic diversity, because a species’ gene pool shrinks as the population declines. Losing genetic diversity limits the ability of…

Blood flow in the toes of wandering salamanders helps them to glide over the tops of redwood trees

Back in 2016, one of us (Silviu Petrovan) was asked to identify a live frog found in a shipment of roses in Sheffield, England. It certainly wasn’t any species found in Europe: Silviu thought he had been pranked.

The climate crisis is impacting the genetic diversity that helps species adapt to environmental changes

Analysis by dozens of scientists internationally notes urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse losses

State provides perfect conditions for ‘kings and queens of the forest’ – some of which are up to 500 years old

Risso’s dolphins usually travel in pods of 10 to 30 animals

Environmentalists fear overheated water could bleach Ningaloo Reef as woman says swimming at local beach like taking ‘hot’ shower

More than 2,500 native trees have been planted to form a temperate rainforest in decades to come

Tens of thousands of fish have died off northwestern Australia, as a large and long-lasting marine heatwave intensifies.