Confining conservation efforts to only 30% of Earth’s land may render a fifth of mammals and a third of birds at high risk of extinction, according to a new study. If that 30% were to be strictly ...

The first-ever FAO report on the importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture warns that the abundance of our food supply is diminishing — with worrisome consequences for global food security.

University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Barriers created by ...

Down in the darkness of the forest, you’ll find a plant that looks more at home in the rainforests of South America than the valleys of Missouri. It has large, deeply green leaves roughly the size and ...