Most of Earth’s terrestrial habitats have lost their ecological integrity, including areas previously categorised as being intact, a study published in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global ...

April 15 (UPI) --For more than 30 years, conservationists and policy makers have prioritized the protection of wilderness and intact habitat, acreage undisturbed by human activities. More recently, ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters used satellite mapping data to analyze how changes in human footprint on the landscape between 1970 and 2018 overlapped with ...

The only thing constant is change – isn’t that how the saying goes? We know that wildlife in western forests evolved with changing habitat and disturbances like wildfire. Each species responds ...

When wildfires swept through Brazil’s Pantanal wetland in 2020, the flames killed an estimated 17 million vertebrates in a single season. The Pantanal had already been parched by drought, leaving ...

Spread the loveAs the climate crisis intensifies, new research reveals alarming predictions about the future of terrestrial ecosystems. A comprehensive study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution ...

Two studies released April 24 highlight emerging links between human biology and environmental change: one found greater gut microbiome diversity associated with higher aerobic performance in men, ...